Is Pakistan’s crisis-ridden economy finally recovering?
Ahead of the country’s budget on Wednesday, inflation is down, forex reserves are up. But analysts warn it’s early days.
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Hong Kong invokes new law to cancel passports of 6 overseas-based activists, including Nathan Law
HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government on Wednesday canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved abroad.
North Korea’s Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia on Wednesday, as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit the country for his third meeting with Kim.
US plans ‘Hellscape’ drone swarm in a Taiwan war
The US plans to turn the Taiwan Strait into a “Hellscape” of drone swarms against a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, buying time for US and allied intervention to assist the beleaguered self-governing island in a war scenario.
US-China relations frigid but not a New Cold War
Portraying the United States and China as locked in a “New Cold War” has become something of a cottage industry, providing provocative fodder for think tanks, the foreign policy cognoscenti and the broader commentariat while generating reams of stirring material for books, articles and documentary films.
Ukraine peace summit: Asean divided over attendance amid fears of ‘missing the boat’
Zelensky added he would judge the success of his trip to Singapore on the “presence of representatives from Asia” at the coming talks, hosted by Switzerland at the request of the Ukrainian leader.
The sceptics say Hong Kong is over. China’s trajectory says otherwise
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, mainstream global economic research institutions widely predicted that China would surpass the US in economic size by around 2030.
In Indonesia, lizard-hunting feeds families – and China’s traditional medicine industry
CIREBON, West Java: Armed with headlamps, pails and thin wooden sticks, Mr Dody Hermawan and his colleagues embark on a mission most nights around the villages of West and Central Java.