BEIJING: A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week revealed. The trove of documents from I-Soon, a private company that competed for Chinese government contracts, shows that its hackers compromisedContinue Reading
The report comes after China’s population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023 with the number of new births dropping to around half of that in 2016. An increasing number of women are opting not to have children due high childcare costs, and an unwillingness to marry or putContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s population rose 0.4 per cent to 7.50 million in 2023, boosted by a net inflow of returning residents and people on residential schemes, the government said, as the financial hub marked its second year of population growth since the pandemic. The increase of 30,500 people fromContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD : Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday (Feb 20) that his party had reached an agreement with the largest party in the country’s national assembly to form a coalition government. The agreement between Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)Continue Reading
BRUSSELS: The European Union summoned Russia’s representative to the EU and called for an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the EU’s diplomatic service said on Tuesday (Feb 20). It said Michael Siebert, a senior official in the European External Action Service, also urged RussiaContinue Reading
BEIJING: China offered to support long-time strategic partner Hungary on public security issues, going beyond trade and investment relations, during a rare meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, just as NATO struggles to expand its network in Europe. China hopes to deepen law enforcement and security ties with Hungary asContinue Reading
“We need to put maximum pressure on Russia,” Joly said. “Our sanctions are strong, but China cannot be the loophole in our sanction system.” Last year Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier as the world’s biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantitiesContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan and India signed an agreement on Friday (Feb 16) to bring in Indian migrant workers to the island as labour-strained Taipei seeks to expand its foreign workforce beyond its traditional source countries of Southeast Asia. Taiwan, a major semiconductor producer but with an ageing society, is host toContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Germany for the Munich Security Conference then travel to Spain and France in the coming days, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Thursday (Feb 15). “From Feb 16 to 21 … Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will attend the 60th Munich SecurityContinue Reading
The government has appealed to farmers to come forward to discuss their demands, with Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda saying that efforts will continue to speak to them “in a constructive and positive manner”. However, an influential farmers’ union linked with Modi’s party on Wednesday rejected demands raised by the protesting farmers. The leader ofContinue Reading