India’s ‘King of Bollywood’ is ‘doing well’ after heatstroke hospitalization reports
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Japan is selling patrol vessels to the Philippines. Is Tokyo confronting Beijing with more ‘aggressive diplomacy’?
The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department said on its website last Friday that Manila would purchase five patrol vessels from Japan, to be delivered between 2027 and 2028, and the purchase underscored the two countries’ “unwavering commitment to enhance our maritime safety capabilities for the benefit of our nation and the broader maritime community”.
Farmers in India are weary of politicians’ lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis
BEED, India (AP) — On a stifling hot day this May, farm worker Shobha Londhe is reminded of the desperate conditions that led her husband to take his own life. It’s the hottest and driest summer in years, she said, and for farm workers that often means little to no income, rising debts and intolerable heat.
Yellen cites China overproduction as G7 ministers meeting opens
STRESA, Italy -- As Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Italy from Thursday, a major topic is the fragmentation of world trade, a problem that U.S. and Europe blame partly on overproduction in China.
CNBC's Inside India newsletter: The secret of the stock market rally
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Vietnam working to avoid power shortage 'bottleneck' this year: deputy PM
TOKYO -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on Thursday expressed confidence that power grid improvements will help avoid a repeat of the electricity shortages that hurt the economy in last year's peak season.
Foreign fighters training anti-regime forces in Myanmar
BANGKOK -- Three years after Myanmar's military seized power in February 2021 and arrested its democratically elected leaders, foreign fighters have made their first known appearance with anti-regime forces in several parts of the country, giving a small boost to battle training and aiming to enhance the capabilities of resistance forces.
Malaysia's Anwar says U.S. 'not using all its might' to stop Gaza crisis
TOKYO -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday accused the U.S. of "not using all its might, influence and resources" to address the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza that has resulted from the Israel-Hamas war.