India’s newly galvanized opposition strikes back with ‘mandate to save democracy’
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China says it is willing to upgrade economic corridor with Pakistan and deepen ties with Brazil
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing is willing to work with Islamabad to build an upgraded version of an economic corridor linking the two countries, China’s leader Xi Jinping told the visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday.
What the Dutch right-wing election surge tells us as Europe heads to the polls
Sweeping gains for Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders' anti-immigration party on Thursday are expected to foretell a wider shift to the right in this week's European elections.
Saudi Arabia set to raise over $11.2 billion from Aramco stock sale, priced at lower end of range
Saudi Arabia is set to raise more than $11.2 billion from its secondary public share offering in state-controlled oil giant Aramco, after the stock was priced at the lower end of its expected range.
Philippines faces risk of Beijing’s economic coercion amid South China Sea row: analysts
Last year, China was the biggest importer of goods into the Philippines with a total value of US$29.4 billion, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The Philippines exported almost US$11 billion of goods to China over the same year, indicating that the Southeast Asian country ran a trade deficit of about US$18 billion with its neighbour.
Will North Korea fly trash balloons into South Korea again? A look at rising tensions between them
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans were alert Friday for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North.
Japan Likes Tourists, Just Not This Many
On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut.