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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ruholla Khomeini started Quds Day 45 years ago to show solidarity with Palestinian resistance.
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Yellen calls on China to offer level playing field for U.S. companies
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on China on Friday to address manufacturing overcapacity that she said could cause global economic dislocation and to create a level-playing field for American companies and workers.
U.S.-Japan-Philippine summit will advance shared Indo-Pacific vision
Ami Bera is the ranking Democratic Party member on the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific. The California congressman is also a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
India's Vistara cuts flights as pilots' protest over salary revision leads to cancelations, delays
India's Vistara airline has cut flights following cancelations and delays all week as pilots have been on a strike of sorts over salary revisions.
China’s Young People Are Giving Up on Saving for Retirement
China wants young people to put money away for retirement. Tao Swift, an unemployed 30-year-old, is not interested in hearing it.
US-Philippine military drills along South China Sea risk Beijing’s ire: ‘that’s their problem’
The April 22 to May 8 drills involve some 16,000 soldiers and showcase Manila’s new Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC), a strategy that aims to defend the country’s exclusive economic zone.
Crowds gather to watch cherry blossoms at peak bloom in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday in Tokyo to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms, which are blooming later than expected in the capital because of cold weather.
As Myanmar starts military draft, many flee the country
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Younger adults in Myanmar are streaming out of the country as the military sends draft notices in select regions under a conscription law recently put into effect to combat ethnic and anti-regime forces fighting the regime.