What world leaders need to know ahead of COP27

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World leaders and climate experts are gathering for pivotal United Nations climate-change talks next week in Egypt. Known as COP27, the conference will aim to put Earth on a path to net-zero emissions and keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius this century. The world must rapidly decarbonize to avoid the most dangerous climate […]Continue Reading

Japan a woefully late entrant in the hypersonic race

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Japan is weighing whether to deploy hypersonic missiles by 2030, a potential muscular response to China and North Korea’s recent missile technology advances and increasingly provocative actions and behaviors. The proposal, if realized, would boost Japan’s counterstrike capabilities and build up its long-range missile arsenal to include hypersonic missiles, Nikkei reported this week. Whether the […]Continue Reading

Tokyo’s ‘Iron Lady’ is no cause for alarm in Beijing

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TOKYO — Other than trolling China, it’s still a mystery why Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chose Sanae Takaichi to run the fledgling Ministry of Economic Security. There again, what this one-year-old agency does, exactly, is its own riddle. On the face of it, it should be grabbing global headlines: It has the authority to […]Continue Reading

Massage therapist jailed for repeatedly molesting stepdaughter on the pretext of TCM treatment

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SINGAPORE: Over several years, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) massage therapist molested his stepdaughter on the pretext of treating her, telling her she suffered “imbalance” or was possessed by an evil spirit. The 44-year-old man was sentenced to two years’ jail and nine strokes of the cane on Friday (Nov 4).Continue Reading

New Delhi battles dangerous levels of air pollution

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Sarvjeet Singh, a 48-year-old autorickshaw driver, said the smog was hurting his eyes and he was finding it difficult to breathe. “There are problems, especially in the morning. It’s difficult to drive my vehicle because of the pollution. My autorickshaw is open. It will affect us more than people inContinue Reading