The United States and the UN welcomed on Thursday (Sep 15) a ceasefire announced in between Armenia and Azerbaijan after two days of violence linked to a decades-old dispute between your former Soviet declares over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting, which each side held responsible on the other, leftContinue Reading
Meta Platforms’s independent Oversight Plank said on Thursday night (Sep 15) that will Facebook should not took down a newspapers report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users’ freedom of expression plus saying the tech company relied too heavily on automatic moderation. Meta found the post on theContinue Reading
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15) said he understood that Xi Jinping had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine but praised China’s leader for what he said was a “balanced” position on the conflict. Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed tens of thousands ofContinue Reading
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s annual retail inflation rate more rapid to 8. 26 per cent for the month to the middle associated with August, central financial institution data showed upon Thursday (Sep 15), adding to the government’s problems ahead of the annual festival season. The reading through – the highest within nearlyContinue Reading
The Taiwan Policy Act would significantly enhance US military support for Taiwan, providing security assistance to the tune of US$4.5 billion over four years.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will discuss energy security at the regional security bloc’s meeting in Uzbekistan, India’s foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Thursday (Sep 14). The two-day summit in the Silk Road city of Samarkand will be attended by Prime MinisterContinue Reading
The Chinese government says that the report by Freedom House is “not fact-based” and “driven by ulterior motives”.Continue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economy contracted 8.4 per cent in the April to June quarter compared with the same period a year ago, data from the government statistics department showed on Thursday (Sep 15), as the country struggles with its worst financial crisis in more than seven decades. A severe dollarContinue Reading
The Hanoi Train Street, as it’s popularly known, first attracted the ire of the municipal government in 2019. Tourists who typically throng the street taking selfies or seeking to catch a glimpse of a train passing just in front of them were blocked by barricades erected by the authorities and a deadline was setContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang has followed in the footsteps of Selangor by revoking a title previously bestowed on former prime minister Najib Razak on Thursday (Sep 15), after he started serving a prison sentence for corruption last month. According to acting Penang state secretary Mohd Zakuan Zakaria, Penang Governor Ahmad FuziContinue Reading