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Hong Kong/Taipei | Mon October 14, 2024 Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing deployed warships and fighter jets in what it described as a “stern warning” to “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces.”The exercises, which involve joint operations of the army, […]

Tokyo | Sat June 8, 2024 Yu felt a rush of excitement as she walked into his bar for the first time – eager to meet the charming young host she’d been following for years online. They had a conversation over champagne on that chilly January night of last year, which was the first of

Qatar, Doha | Tue May 14, 2024 Raneem Hijazi remembers how tightly she held her one-year-old son Azzouz before the Israeli airstrike hit. The drone flying over their building in Gaza was getting louder and she had a feeling that something bad was about to happen. “Whatever happens to me, happens to him,” she says

Sun April 28, 2024 Buying a home is frequently one of the most difficult life decisions to make, involving extensive consideration on site before weeks of research for the ideal property. Locating a place in a foreign nation involves even more tough choices. In that scenario, you arrive in Italy for the first time and,

Bangladesh Fri, March 29, 2024 After being expelled from prior prayer sessions, the transgender hijra community in Bangladesh was welcomed into a new mosque with the assurance that they would be able to worship without facing any discrimination. The modest building, a one-room hut with walls and a tin roof, serves as the minority’s new

Jakarta Tue, January 9, 2024 Retno LP Marsudi, the foreign minister, purposefully held her yearly press conference on Monday at the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, the site of Indonesia’s hosting of the Asia-Africa conference in 1955. The nine-year-old ministry’s accomplishments in carrying out the constitutional mandate of “free and active” foreign policy were

Jakarta | Thu, October 19, 2023 Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita released on Oct. 19 a US $2.2 million contract for the sale of sardine products to Germany from Banyuwangi, one of Indonesia’s biggest sardine exporters. Pacific Harvest, a seafood processing business based in Banyuwangi’s Muncar area, developed the sardine goods. Along with representatives from

Beijing | Thu, September 14, 2023 A European Commission investigation into Chinese electric vehicles believed to have benefited from state subsidies will have a “negative” impact on economic and trade ties, China’s commerce ministry warned on Thursday. It will be determined by the probe, which was started on Wednesday, if harsh duties are necessary to

Camp David, US | Saturday, August 19, 2023 The presidents of South Korea, Japan, and the United States came to an agreement at Camp David on Friday to strengthen their military and economic relations as well as to denounce China’s “dangerous and aggressive behavior” in the South China Sea. In an effort to project unity

06 August 2023   |   22:34 pm Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Saturday he had delayed his return to the kingdom next week, as he awaits a breakthrough in a post-election gridlock that could see his family’s party lead a coalition government. The 74-year-old businessman, who won two elections before being overthrown