For Chinese President Xi Jinping, getting the numbers to endorse himself and his underlings in leadership roles is one thing; shifting the economy back on track is quite another, says this writer.Continue Reading
MAUMERE: At least 13 people died after a boat carrying hundreds caught fire in eastern Indonesia on Monday (Oct 24), a transport official said. The KM Express Cantika 77 erupted in flames off the coast of Timor island in East Nusa Tenggara province, prompting desperate passengers to jump overboard. AContinue Reading
NEW YORK: US prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with trying to obstruct the prosecution of Chinese global telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, according to a person familiar with the case and a federal court filing in Brooklyn. The defendants Guochun He and Zheng Wang were charged in aContinue Reading
Some said on social media that Sunak becoming prime minister this year would be even more special as India recently celebrated 75 years of its independence from British colonial rule.Continue Reading
BARISAL: Hundreds of thousands of people were being evacuated on Monday (Oct 24) from the path of a cyclone careening towards densely populated, low-lying Bangladesh, according to officials. About 33,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, controversially relocated to a storm-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, were also advised to remainContinue Reading
At least 30 people were killed in an air strike during a concert held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling military, opposition groups, residents and media said on Monday (Oct 24). The air strike late on Sunday in the northern state of Kachin, which the militaryContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Myanmar military air strikes on a concert held by a major ethnic rebel group killed around 50 people and wounded 70, the rebels said on Monday (Oct 24). “Around 8.40 pm on Sunday, two Myanmar military jets attacked” a ceremony the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) was holding, Colonel NawContinue Reading
TOKYO: A Japanese minister resigned on Monday (Oct 24) following allegations over his ties to the Unification Church, which is under renewed scrutiny after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Daishiro Yamagiwa, minister for economic revitalisation, said he did not want the allegations to “affect the parliamentary debate”,Continue Reading
“FEELING UNWELL” China’s only comment came in a pair of tweets in English late on Saturday by its official Xinhua news agency saying that Hu had been feeling unwell, an explanation that has been met with scepticism by some China-watchers. Twitter is blocked in China, and there has been noContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s exports to North Korea rose at a slower pace in September, but shipments of masks and other COVID-related items surged as the isolated country stepped up its battle against possible COVID-19 flare-ups, Chinese customs data showed on Monday (Oct 24). Pyongyang declared victory over COVID-19 in August, whileContinue Reading