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Reuters, Published on 16/06/2024
» China Premier Li Qiang kicked off his four-day visit to Australia on Sunday by announcing Beijing would provide a new pair of pandas to Australia's Adelaide Zoo after the current pair returns to China later this year.
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2024
» GUANGZHOU/BEIJING - Leading Chinese #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was handed a five-year sentence after being found guilty on Friday of state subversion at a court in southern China, according to a group campaigning for her release and a copy of the court verdict.
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2024
» WASHINGTON: The U.S. government plans on Wednesday to announce wider sanctions on the sale of semiconductor chips and other goods to Russia, with the goal of targeting third-party sellers in China, sources familiar with the plans said late on Tuesday.
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2024
» SEOUL: North Korea has resumed sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea, officials and news reports said on Sunday, a week after it vowed to continue if anti-North Korea leaflets are flown from the South.
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting US$4.5 billion had been moved.
Reuters, Published on 05/06/2024
» MUMBAI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to meet his allies on Wednesday to discuss forming a government, a day after his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority in parliament in a surprise election result.
Reuters, Published on 26/05/2024
» SYDNEY - More than 4,000 people were likely impacted by a massive landslide that flattened a village in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday, humanitarian group CARE Australia said.
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2024
» TAIPEI - China ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, and Taiwan's defence ministry detailed on Saturday the surge of Chinese warplanes and warships involved.
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2024
» SINGAPORE - The brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been ordered by a court to pay S$400,000 (US$296,000) to two government ministers in a defamation suit, according to a written judgment published on Friday.