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International


Japan marks 77th anniversary of atomic bombing of Nagasaki amid calling for revisiting its brutal history

AGENCY – Japan’s Nagasaki City commemorated the 77th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Tuesday, with the international community ...

Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests

AGENCY – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and ...

Russia invites UN, Red Cross to probe shelling of Olenivka pre-trial detention centre

AGENCY – Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to participate in the investigation into ...

Sri Lanka’s acting president declares state of emergency

KATHMANDU – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday. A ...

Sri Lankan police use tear gas outside PM’s residence to disperse protestors

AGENCY – Sri Lankan police used tear gas outside the premises of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence in Colombo to ...

Sri Lanka anti-government protesters break into state TV

AGENCY – Sri Lanka’s anti-government protesters broke into the main state television station Wednesday and briefly took over broadcasts, footage ...

China offers women perks for having babies amid ‘severe’ demographic crisis

AGENCY – In a bid to increase its population and further help the country’s labour force, China is giving incentives ...

Australia raises rates in third swipe at inflation

AGENCY – Australia’s central bank took a fresh swipe at surging inflation Tuesday, raising interest rates for the third time ...

Xi Jinping congratulates Algerian president on 60th anniversary of independence

AGENCY –  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to President of the People’s Democratic Republic of ...

Russia-Ukraine conflict affects China’s BRI projects in Central and Eastern European countries

AGENCY – China’s ’17+1 initiative’ was severely impacted following the ongoing war in Ukraine, as most of the Central and ...