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BEIJING: China's CanSino Biologics reported a 69.5 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months versus a year ago, joining global and domestic COVID-19 vaccine makers affected by...

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Pariaman, Indonesia: USGS

THE ROLE OF FIRST LADIES IN DIPLOMACY First lady diplomacy has a long history and tradition in international relations in many Western countries. In the US, many past first ladies...

TUNIS: Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote "more resilient" economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday (Aug...

CLIMATE CHANGE Bhutto-Zardari, the son of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, said the economic impact was still being assessed, but that some estimates had put it at US$4 billion....

BEIJING: A power crunch driven by drought in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, the country's biggest hydropower producer, has started to ease as temperatures fall, state media reported on Sunday...

NOIDA, India: India demolished two residential high-rise buildings outside New Delhi on Sunday (Aug 28), in a dramatic spectacle carried live on television channels after days of excited media build-up. The...

SLIM PROSPECTS Analysts blame a slowing economy crippled by COVID-19 lockdowns, as well as the large cohort entering the labour force during the graduating season in July and August, for...

WASHINGTON: Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday (Aug 28), the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker...

“While we are gathered here today, the other side (UMNO) is also meeting, to pressure the prime minister to hold a general election earlier. Based on an agreement between PN...