Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, an ally of the Rajapaksas who is the sole representative of his party in parliament, has been sworn in as acting president until then. Wickremesinghe, who protesters want gone too, was selected as the ruling party’s candidate for president on Friday, leading to the prospectContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Macao’s government will extend a lockdown of casinos and other businesses until Friday (Jul 22), as authorities grapple to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the world’s biggest gambling hub, according to a statement on its website. The lockdown in the Chinese special administrative region had been dueContinue Reading
PKR is willing to work alongside opposition partners with same basic principles for GE15, said party chief Anwar Ibrahim. Continue Reading
At the beginning of the second day of talks, Indonesian central bank governor Perry Warjiyo called on ministers and global finance leaders to concentrate on recovery in a world economy still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is important that we remain focused on what we have planned to achieveContinue Reading
The resignation of Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accepted on Friday.Continue Reading
BEIJING: A US Navy destroyer sailed near the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday (Jul 16), the US Navy said, its second such “freedom of navigation” operation in a week in the South China Sea. On Wednesday, China’s military said it had “driven away” the same ship, the USS Benfold, when itContinue Reading
ByteDance is seventh in Greenpeace East Asia’s latest weather ranking of China’s nine cloud companies. While Chinese technology companies are making fast progress towards slicing carbon emissions, there is room for further improvement, non-profit says. Read full story Continue Reading
A new research looks at the abuses of Cambodian microfinance and Laos might be hit by decreased funding for unexploded ordnance removal.
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On Friday, Japanese media quoted Yamagami’s uncle, whose name was not released, as saying that the suspect’s mother joined the church in 1991, several years after the death of her husband. When his mother filed for bankruptcy in 2002, putting the suspect’s siblings in financial difficulty, Yamagami tried to killContinue Reading
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Xinjiang this week, making his first trip in eight years to the once-restive northwestern frontier region. From Tuesday (Jul 12) to Friday, Xi visited sites in Xinjiang including a cotton plantation, a trade zone and a museum, state broadcaster CCTV reported in a 34-minuteContinue Reading