Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience, halt to remittances
Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year tenure.
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North Korea’s Kim blasts South Korean ‘scum’ over flood damage ‘rumours’, after Seoul’s aid offer
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accused South Korean media outlets of spreading rumours about flood damage and casualties in his country, state media said on Saturday, days after Seoul reached out to offer humanitarian aid.
In Xi’s China, Politics Eventually Catches Up With Everyone
In 1996, when Peter Hessler taught at a small college in Sichuan Province, 90 percent of his students came from villages. Mr. Hessler, 5 feet 9 inches, towered over them by about half a head. They often had just one outfit to wear: a blue suit jacket, or maybe a knockoff Chicago Bulls jersey. One student told him decades later that he could afford only one meal a day.
North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba describes his dramatic, swift defection
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland in November, he finished all necessary prep work alone. About a week later, he told his family to be ready to leave Cuba together in less than eight hours.
China’s EV, battery firms bolt into emerging markets as trade remains caustic
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) and battery makers are continuing to expand their presence in emerging markets like Latin America – despite heightened political resistance from the European Union and United States – as the country looks to cement its leading position in the industry.
As China, India ramp up naval rivalry, is the Indian Ocean at a maritime crossroads?
Dangerous squabbles in remote Himalayan borderlands between China and India may, at least for now, have been soothed by a recent meeting between the two nations’ top diplomats.
Britain cancels $1.7 billion of computing projects in setback for global AI ambitions
The U.K. government has canceled £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of computing infrastructure projects, in a big setback to the country's ambitions to become a world leader in artificial intelligence.
Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares
Vietnam will continue to be classified as a non-market economy, the US announced on Friday, one of only 12 nations Washington identifies as such.