North Korea says ICBM launch was response to rivals’ drills
AP :North Korea said Friday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over U.S.-South Korean military drills, which...
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New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears
AP :New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said...
Japan ends export curbs on South Korea as relations thaw
Deutsche Welle :Japan and South Korea have agreed to mend an almost four-year-old trade dispute, the two governments announced on Thursday.The announcement was made during...
Macron faces ‘moment of truth’ as French pension reform goes to vote
AFP :A proposed reform of France’s pension system, which has sparked massive protests and strikes since the start of the year, is to be put...
Bling and beamers: Pakistan politicians’ gift trove revealed
AFP : Pakistan politicians and government officials received a treasure trove of gifts from foreign dignitaries over the past two decades including more than 150...
Sri Lanka public workers strike for lower taxes, power bills
Reuters : Public employees at Sri Lanka’s ports, hospitals, schools, and railways went on strike on Wednesday to protest against high costs of living as...
Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi, Mozambique passes 100
Al Jazeera :More than 100 people have been killed in Malawi and Mozambique after Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, returned to Southern...
Myanmar rebels, junta trade blame for monastery killings
AFP :Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup fighters traded accusations on Monday over the killing of around 30 people who were sheltering in a monastery.The Southeast Asian...
Controversial judicial law passes first vote in Israeli Knesset
Al Jazeera :The Israeli parliament has advanced a bill that would allow it to overrule Supreme Court rulings and enact laws that had been struck...
Chinese Modernization and the World: Common Prosperity for All People
News Desk : After the 2023 national “two sessions” successfully wrapped up, CGTN English presented a TV forum “Modernization Toward Common Prosperity for All People”...
Construction of market at Dhupkhola playground is not in public interest
THE offender again is the Dhaka’s city corporation authorities, of its southern part to be precise, which is building a multi-storey market in Dhupkhola Maath,...
Ukraine, Russia locked in brutal battle in Bakhmut, casualties mount
Reuters :Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they...