China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday dismissed recent Japanese government efforts to forge closer ties with Taiwan, suggesting that Beijing should “break the leg” of any third party like Tokyo that tries to interfere with the China-Taiwan relationship.
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may hold an in-person meeting on the sidelines of the “Shangri-La Dialogue” security summit in Singapore later this week, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Tuesday citing an anonymous source close to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Indonesia’s government recently announced plans to develop a new “digital nomad” visa program that would allow remote workers to live and work in Indonesia tax-free for up to five years, Fortune reported on Tuesday.
Canada’s Air Force will face “severe consequences” if it continues alleged acts of provocation against Chinese aircraft while conducting U.N. Security Council-backed air surveillance of North Korea, Beijing warned Monday as quoted by Reuters.
Dominican Republic Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera was shot and killed in his government office on Monday by a man who knew Mera since childhood, the local Listín Diario newspaper reported Tuesday.
A lettuce shortage in Australia recently forced some Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants to replace iceberg lettuce on their sandwiches with cabbage, Australia’s Seven News network reported on Tuesday.
Cuban state media recently announced the debut of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate developed jointly with China’s government, the independent Cuban news site 14 y Medio reported over the weekend.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden presented the government of Sri Lanka — which is currently incapable of purchasing basic goods such as food and fuel due to a dire financial crisis — with an “environmental conservation” workshop this week, Sri Lanka’s News First website reported Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of foreign Hajj pilgrims since before the Chinese coronavirus pandemic began, the news outlet Middle East Eye reported on Sunday, noting that the Islamic pilgrims hailed from Indonesia.
A group of unidentified men, believed to ethnic Fulani terrorists, unleashed gunfire and explosives on a packed Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria’s Ondo State during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday.
Police in India’s northern city of Kanpur said on Monday they had arrested 38 people in connection with acts of rioting on Friday after local Muslims and Hindus pelted each other with stones, India Today reported.
Chinese warplanes allegedly harassed a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) plane “on several occasions” from April 26 to May 26 as it attempted to monitor possible sanction evasion activities by Pyongyang in international airspace near North Korea, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Japan had a “record low” of 811,604 newborns last year, Kyodo News reported on Friday, noting that the data was merely the latest statistic highlighting Japan’s dire population woes.
Hong Kong police warned the public Thursday not to “test” police officers with “unauthorized assemblies” on the upcoming anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) predicted on Thursday that deaths caused by the Chinese coronavirus in Africa will drop by 94 percent this year compared to 2021.
Researchers at China’s Nankai University claimed this week that they successfully cloned pigs through an entirely automated process for the first time in March, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Thursday.
A Nigerian Christian leader admitted his church paid a $240,000 ransom to secure his release from unidentified kidnappers after he was abducted in recent days, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Wednesday.
An Indian governmental delegation met with leaders of the Taliban in Kabul on Thursday for the first time since the group seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, Asian News International (ANI) reported, noting that the high-level meeting concerned bilateral relations and humanitarian aid.
China’s ruling Communist Party has reportedly ordered state-run media not to use the word “lockdown” to describe the recent easing of Shanghai’s Chinese coronavirus lockdown, the U.K.’s Guardian reported on Thursday, noting that movement restrictions continued to apply to some of Shanghai’s population.
China’s government on Tuesday claimed Beijing is still New Delhi’s top trading partner despite recent reports revealing that the U.S. had supplanted China in the ranking over the past fiscal year, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Members of South Korea’s ruling, conservative People Power Party (PPP) were projected to win at least 12 of 17 governmental posts in local elections nationwide on Thursday, Yonhap News Agency reported, noting that the PPP’s “landslide” victory would provide South Korea’s newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol with “an added mandate” to push forward with his conservative agenda.
The government of Turkey recently expressed a desire to serve as a “facilitator” of a proposed export process between Istanbul, Moscow, and Kyiv that would see grains, fertilizer, and sunflower oil shipped out of Ukraine and Russia in the coming weeks, Turkey’s Hürriyet Daily News reported on Wednesday.
Migrant workers and some Shanghai residents trapped in the city for the past two months due to a total Chinese coronavirus lockdown fled Shanghai in droves on Monday ahead of the order’s lifting on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
The president of Georgia’s South Ossetia region, a Russian-backed self-proclaimed separatist state, suspended on Monday a planned referendum that would have seen South Ossetians vote on formally joining the Russian Federation, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported Tuesday.
Sri Lanka’s socialist government announced plans on Monday to create a private agriculture sector to help alleviate famine amid a national financial crisis that has caused food shortages since March, Sri Lanka’s News First website reported.
A former professional comedian named Walter Mong’are Nyambane on Monday became the first official candidate for the upcoming presidential election in Kenya, the country’s Capital FM news website reported.
The U.S. recently overtook China to become India’s top trading partner, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday, citing new data from India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Over 300 people in Taiwan legally changed their names to “Salmon” last March to get free sushi as part of a restaurant promotion, the Taipei Times reported on Saturday, noting that the phenomenon prompted Taiwanese lawmakers to debate limits on legal name changes last week.
Police in Beijing recently detained dozens of staff members from three local diagnostic laboratories for allegedly tampering with Chinese coronavirus test samples to cut costs, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday.
The state-run Coal India will soon import coal for use in public utilities to offset the effects of a nationwide power shortage in April, Reuters reported on Saturday citing a letter by India’s federal power ministry issued that same day. “Coal
Beijing is “gradually walking out of the shadow” of its latest Chinese coronavirus epidemic, the state-run Global Times reported on Sunday, suggesting the city may not face a total lockdown like that witnessed in Shanghai over the past two months.
A funeral home in southeastern China’s Shenzhen city recently confirmed that it requires negative Chinese coronavirus test results for corpses before it will agree to process the bodies, the Chinese state-controlled news website Sixth Tone reported on Thursday.
The administration of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed intentions to transform India into “a global drone hub by 2030,” the Times of India reported.
Vedanta — an Indian oil, gas, and metals conglomerate — plans to finalize a $20 billion deal with the Taiwanese microchip maker Foxconn by June to produce semiconductors within India starting in 2024, India’s Swarajya magazine reported on Thursday.
Chinese manufacturers of clinical diagnostic products have allegedly recorded a “surge” in new orders for monkeypox virus testing kits in recent days from abroad, China’s state-run Global Times reported on Thursday.
A Catholic bishop named Rolando Álvarez remained on an indefinite fast for the seventh straight day on Thursday as part of his protest against persecution by Nicaragua’s communist government, the Latin American news site Infobae reported.
Police in New Delhi questioned an Indian lawmaker on Thursday for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for the illegal issuance of visas for nearly 300 Chinese nationals in 2011 as part of a Chinese-funded power project in India’s Punjab state, the Times of India reported on Thursday.
The World Health Assembly, which is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), adopted reforms on Tuesday that would boost financing to the W.H.O. by as much as $600 million per year starting in 2028.
Hundreds of students across two universities in Beijing staged anti-Chinese coronavirus lockdown protests on Monday and Tuesday this week, one day before Beijing’s top health official was fired on Wednesday for “serious violations of discipline and laws.”
New Delhi is allegedly in negotiations with Moscow to procure oil shipments at a discounted rate, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing an unnamed senior Indian government official.
