China-made trains for Indonesia’s first high-speed railway arrive in Jakarta
2022-09-02
When fully completed in June next year, the Jakarta-Bandung fast-trains will be the first high-speed rail link in Southeast Asia. Continue Reading
China’s Shenzhen extends COVID-19 curbs but stops short of full lockdown
2022-09-02
So far, authorities have largely avoided shutting down offices and factories. “We need to get the virus under control, we can’t just give up like some countries,” said a woman surnamed Tang, who has been volunteering to help food deliveries arrive at a locked down compound in Futian, Shenzhen’s mostContinue Reading
Pakistan rescues 2,000 from floods as UN warns on child deaths
2022-09-02
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday (Sep 2), in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the South Asian nation and is still growing. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northernContinue Reading
Pakistan’s armed forces rescue 2,000 marooned by catastrophic floods
2022-09-02
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday (Sep 2), in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the south Asian nation and is still growing. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northernContinue Reading
Pakistan’s armed forces rescue 2,000 marooned by historic floods
2022-09-02
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday (Sep 2), in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the south Asian nation and is still growing. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northernContinue Reading
Former Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return home, says defence official
2022-09-02
Sri Lanka’s constitution guarantees bodyguards, a vehicle and housing for former presidents. Rajapaksa travelled to Thailand after Singapore declined to extend his 28-day visa, but security authorities in Bangkok told him not to step out of his hotel for his own safety. The former president had a 90-day visa toContinue Reading
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more years in jail, hard labour for election fraud
2022-09-02
Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday (Sep 2) and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to decades ofContinue Reading
Is Thailand ‘bending’ toward the United States? Think again
2022-09-02
The Kingdom’s foreign policy shows recent signs of inclined towards China, in spite of premature assumptions of its defiance of Beijing.
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Taiwan shooting down drone near China was ‘appropriate’, premier says
2022-09-02
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s shooting lower of a drone off the Chinese coast that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled tropical isle was the most “appropriate” thing to do after recurring warnings, and The far east should exercise constraint, Taiwan Premier Tu Tseng-chang said on Friday (Sep 2). Taiwan’s military for the first time photoContinue Reading
Japan repeats warning against volatility as yen hits 24-year low
2022-09-02
TOKYO: Japan’s top government spokesperson warned again on Fri (Sep 2) that this authorities were viewing currency moves using a high sense associated with urgency, as the yen slid to a fresh 24-year low against the dollar. “It’s important for currencies to move stably highlighting fundamentals. Sharp volatility is undesirable”,Continue Reading