Wed 13 December 2023: The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently on establishing a clearing arrangement and designating a clearing bank in Serbia for Chinese yuan transactions, the NBS said in a press release on Monday. At the signing ceremony, NBS Governor […]
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Wed 13 December 2023: A Pakistani court has charged former Prime Minister Imran Khan with breaking the Official Secrets Act by allegedly making public a secret diplomatic cable while in office, increasing his legal situation and jeopardizing his chances of running in national elections, Bloomberg reported. A special court judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain will […]
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Tue 12 December 2023: Myanmar has become the world’s top producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan in 2023, according to a new United Nations report. The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a drug ban by the Taliban in 2022 has seen global supply shift to Myanmar, where political, social and economic instability brought about […]
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Tue 12 December 2023: New Delhi: Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters took to the streets on International Human Rights Day on Sunday (December 10), advocating for a non-partisan caretaker government to hold the upcoming general election on January 7. Led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the BNP is boycotting […]
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Mon 11 December 2023: A strange incident occurred on a beach in Hakodate, on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, triggering conspiracy theories tied to the country’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, which made headlines after treated water from it was dumped into the Pacific Ocean. On Thursday morning, December 7, thousands of tonnes of dead fish, […]
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Mon 11 December 2023: Over 300 Rohingya refugees have arrived on the coast of Aceh province in Indonesia after weeks of drifting across the sea from Bangladesh. The emaciated survivors – children, women and men – told of running out of supplies and of fearing death at sea as they landed on the unwelcoming shores […]
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Thu 07 December 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan — A court in Islamabad on Wednesday dismissed the petition from former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking to move a key appeal filed by him to Lahore, marking the latest setback for his attempts to contest upcoming national elections. Khan has been behind bars since August 5. He was […]
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Thu 07 December 2023: The Chinese government has lashed out at the “smearing” of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after its only major Western partner pulled out of the infrastructure project. Italy was the first Group of Seven (G7) nation to take part in China’s ambitious global plan, but notified Bejing it would withdraw in 2024. Without addressing […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: Nepal has arrested a gang that it accuses of smuggling people to be forced to join the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. The 10 detainees are accused of extorting large sums of money from unemployed youths, with the promise of a travel visa, an official said on Wednesday. However, the customers were […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: December 6, Ambedkar Smriti Din, is significant in Indian history for one more reason. It was on another December 6 – in 1992 – that the Babri Masjid was demolished. Former president and the then-vice president Dr K.R. Narayanan has described this as the greatest tragedy India faced after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The event […]
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