Category: Asia

Sat 04 February 2023: The Chinese spy balloon flying above the United States isn’t the only one that should not be there. News outlets in Costa Rica reported Thursday that a similar-looking aircraft hovered above the country’s western coast, raising suspicions that the balloon over Montana wasn’t alone in the sky. It is unclear exactly which […]

Fri 03 February 2023: China’s foreign ministry has expressed regret over what it called a civilian balloon straying into United States airspace. In a statement on Friday, the ministry said the balloon suspected by the US of conducting surveillance was a civilian “airship” used for research, mainly for meteorological purposes. The statement said the airship […]

Thu 02 February 2023: The value of Gautam Adani’s conglomerate has lost $100 billion due to the stock market collapse, and shares of his companies continued to decline on Thursday. This was despite the Indian billionaire’s efforts to calm his anxious investors, CNN reported. “For me, the interest of my investors is paramount and everything […]

Thu 02 February 2023: Canada’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China but are now facing pressure to return. The move builds on a February 2021 move by Canadian lawmakers to label Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in its northwestern Xinjiang territory as […]

Wed 01 February 2023: A senior Ukrainian lawmaker has called for the United States to impose secondary sanctions on China and India if they keep buying Russian energy, urging total solidarity against Moscow’s invasion. On a visit to Washington, Oleksandr Merezhko, who heads the foreign affairs committee in Ukraine’s parliament, also called for greater ties […]

Wed 01 February 2023: Credit Suisse Group AG has stopped accepting Gautam Adani’s group of companies bonds as collateral for margin loans to its private banking clients, indicating that the Indian tycoon’s finances are being scrutinized following allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research. Adani Group shares were in freefall on Wednesday, when Union Budget […]

Tue 31 January 2023: After frantically combing through the debris of a devastated mosque, throughout the night – and Tuesday morning, police called off the search for survivors of a terrorist suicide bombing, in the highly guarded site, where several hundred police – and army men, had gathered for afternoon prayers. According to the medical […]