Sri Lanka’s brand new president Ranil Wickremesinghe inherits a bankrupt economy shaken by mass protests. Combined with global pressures upon food and fuel prices, Sri Lanka’s path to recovery is complicated, says foreign affairs commentator Hannan Hussain.Continue Reading
China continues to be registering disappointing GDP growth rates within 2022. To recover the loss in growth since zero-COVID lockdowns, it has no selection but to loosen its fiscal plus monetary policy in order to stimulate the economic climate, says a Chinese economist.Continue Reading
Within China, where disposable income per capita is just a fraction of that in the US, it often takes years of savings to afford an apartment, which usually costs a few mil yuan in main urban centers. Young families typically rely on parents and grandparents to help finance purchases :Continue Reading
TOKYO: Japan upon Tuesday (Jul 26) executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 08, local media reported. T he Proper rights Ministry declined to immediately confirm reports on national broadcaster NHK and other shops that Tomohiro KatoContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: A high-level United States delegation can travel to the Solomon Islands to tag the 80th anniversary of the World War II Fight of Guadalcanal, several weeks after the country agreed upon a controversial security pact with China, the State Department announced on Mon (Jul 25). Deputy Admin of StateContinue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe informed diplomats this week that non-violent protests towards his government is going to be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his office mentioned in a statement on Sunday (Jul 24). Within a pre-dawn raid on Friday, countless security personnel disassembledContinue Reading
China reported 982 new COVID-19 cases for Jul twenty three, of which 129 were symptomatic and 853 were asymptomatic, the particular National Health Percentage said on Weekend. That will compares with 817 new cases a day earlier – 164 symptomatic and 653 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. The bulkContinue Reading
TOKYO: A volcano on Japan’s western major isle of Kyushu, known as Sakurajima, erupted around 8. 05pm upon Sunday (Jul 24), the Japanese Meteorological Company (JMA) said, but media said there have been no immediate reports of damage. There were reports of volanic rocks raining down far away of 2Continue Reading
The shooting appeared to have been the targeted assassination of the former mayor, Went up Furigay, the police said.Continue Reading
BEIJING: China on Sunday (Jul 24) launched the second associated with three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s finish. The live feed on condition broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory moduleContinue Reading