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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. | Photo Credit: AP Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled by lawmakers on March 13 about a gathering of ruling party members at which scantily clad female dancers were reportedly told to use their mouths to receive cash tips. Footage leaked from the event in November organised by a…
The photo was scrutinised by UK media for having a willow tree added in the background. Amid uproar over Kate Middleton sharing an edited Mother’s Day photograph, another royal portrait is being criticised for allegedly being altered. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Valentines’ Day photo, shared in 2021 to announce the couple’s second pregnancy, was…
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Analysts are closely watching out for new reforms from Beijing to address deep-seated economic imbalances. | Photo Credit: AFPSTR China should rely more on structural reforms and less on economic stimulus to drive growth this year, Liu Shijin, a policy adviser to the central bank, said on Wednesday. Mr. Liu, a member of People’s Bank…
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Kim Jong Un could be seen with his head peeking out of a battle tank in the state media’s picture Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a military demonstration involving a new battle tank, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, in the latest show of force by the isolated state as South Korea…
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More auctions in the future will distract would-be buyers from the regular market, which could weigh on prices for both new and second-hand homes. AFP | Photo Credit: AFP Chased by debt collectors over a mortgage delinquency in a southern Chinese city, former finance worker Lei Xiaoyu no longer answers her phone as she tries to…
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Residents of the Blairgowrie neighbourhood of Johannesburg, South Africa, demonstrate against the lack of water on March 12. | Photo Credit: AP Anger is mounting in some Johannesburg districts left without water for more than a week, fewer than three months before general elections marked by voter discontent with South Africa’s failing infrastructure. With power…
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Barely weeks after Japanese stocks broke three-decade highs, the country’s financial markets are hurtling toward another phenomenon not seen for the best part of a generation: rising interest rates. Bankers are attending remedial classes on what to do when rates move and trading rooms are setting up for moribund derivative markets to spring to life…
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The company said that the move can potentially create up to 5,000 jobs. Chennai: Tata Motors, India’s largest automobile company, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Tamil Nadu to explore setting-up of a vehicle manufacturing facility in the state. According to the MoU, the company will invest 9000 crore…
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 "Probe Agency Raids In Bengal’s Sandeshkhali Days After Sheikh Shahjahan’s Arrest")
The Enforcement Directorate today conducted raids at several locations in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali over land grabbing allegations against Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates. The probe agency, along with paramilitary forces, conducted raids at four locations today. The raids comes just days after Shahjahan, who also faces allegations of sexual abuse, was arrested…
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Leader of the Palinau Alliance signs the deal in the presence of the police in Port Moresby on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: AFP Warring tribes in Papua New Guinea negotiated a temporary ceasefire on March 13, agreeing to halt a spiralling series of revenge killings in the country’s remote highlands. Years of tit-for-tat fighting in…
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