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A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border. File | Photo Credit: AFP A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks…
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A worker wearing a protective suit harvests potato tubers at a greenhouse under Yakeshi Senfeng Potato Industry Company, where seed potatoes are farmed through the aeroponics method, in Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia, China, June 16, 2024. The company has invested in aeroponic systems where plants are grown in the air under controlled conditions, and farmers are…
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The Foreign Ministry said it was the 18th time that President Joe Biden’s administration had announced arms sales to the island. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as communications equipment to Taiwan, in deals valued at $385…
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Seoul: South Korea’s military said Friday it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. Five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone in the East Sea and South Sea from…
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Jimmy Kimmel in his show last night really doubted President-elect Donald Trump’s grasp of economics. “Whoever would have guessed that the mail-order steak salesman who declared bankruptcy six times would be so bad with money?” He took a shot at Trump’s financial mismanagement. Referring to Trump’s decision of imposing a 25% tariff on imports from…
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Trump is intending to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada. Beijing: China warned Tuesday that “no one will win a trade war” after US President-elect Donald Trump vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from China and elsewhere in response to illegal drug trade and immigration. “China believes that China-US economic and trade…
Are Beijing-Islamabad ties under strain? Last month’s bombing near Karachi airport, which killed two Chinese engineers and wounded a third, may well be a turning point. These bombings, claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), were the latest in a string of attacks on Beijing’s interests in Pakistan, which began in 2016. They have angered…
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Washington: Donald Trump’s presidential election victory has brought optimism to India-US relations, with key appointments and initiatives signalling a stronger partnership between the two nations. Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz, Vivek Ramaswamy and Kash Patel are expected to play pivotal roles in shaping this relationship. Marco Rubio India is breathing a sigh of relief following Donald…
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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Philippines’ Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday (November 13, 2024) it summoned China’s ambassador to protest Beijing’s drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. “The said baselines…
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The scammer vanished after receiving the funds, leaving the victim devastated. A love-struck man from Tianjin lost a considerable sum of money in a bizarre ritual for a cunning online romance scam, according to the South China Morning Post. The victim, surnamed Wang, was found by police to have been misled by a false story…
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