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Published on 15/11/2024
» COLOMBO - The sweeping election win by the coalition of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has underlined widening support for his leftist policies, but he faces the test of steering the recovery from a financial crisis with an inexperienced set of lawmakers.
Published on 12/11/2024
» A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said on Tuesday.
Published on 06/11/2024
» PALM BEACH - Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 United States presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
Kyodo News, Published on 06/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent Donald Trump on Tuesday picked up early wins in their respective strongholds as vote counting for one of the most consequential presidential elections in United States history continued.
Published on 31/10/2024
» North Korea said on Thursday that it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in the morning on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, with the test demonstrating the credibility of the country's "most powerful strategic deterrent."
Kyodo News, Published on 25/10/2024
» SHANGHAI - Authorities in Shanghai are set to control Halloween cosplayers and decorations this year, US media Radio Free Asia (RFA) said, as the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been vigilant about the spread of Western culture and revellers’ costumes with underlying political messages.
Kyodo News, Published on 01/10/2024
» TOKYO - Shigeru Ishiba became Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, following his fifth attempt to head the ruling party, but he faces challenges in establishing a lasting government as he has pledged to call a snap election on Oct 27.
Published on 28/09/2024
» Chinese air and sea forces are conducting manoeuvres in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the military said on Saturday, hours after the country’s top diplomat discussed ways of reducing regional tension with his US counterpart.
Published on 20/09/2024
» BEIJING - China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Published on 31/08/2024
» TOKYO - A Chinese Navy survey vessel briefly entered Japanese territorial waters on Saturday, Japan’s defence ministry said.