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
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
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
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
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 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
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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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
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
TOKYO: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday (Sep 2) that Tokyo will take “appropriate” action as needed on the yen’s slide to a fresh 24-year low against the dollar, signalling the chance of currency intervention to address volatile moves. “My impression is that currency market volatility has becomeContinue Reading