Category: Asia

Tue 14 February 2023: In order to support the Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh’s remote island of Bhasan Char and the southern border region of Cox’s Bazar, Japan has agreed to provide $5.7 million to UNICEF, Anadolu Agency reported.  According to a UNICEF statement on Tuesday, an exchange of notes was signed by […]

Police officers stand outside the BBC’s office in New Delhi, India on February 14, 2023. Tue 14 February 2023: Just a few weeks after the release of a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was subsequently banned by the government, India’s tax department authorities stormed the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai. More […]

Mon 13 February 2023: The United States is the world’s biggest spy power with the widest intelligence network, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Monday. “It is the United States that is the world’s biggest spy power with the world’s widest intelligence network,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, TASS […]

Fri 10 February 2023: Moody’s downgraded on Friday the ratings outlook for some Adani Group companies, while MSCI said it would cut the weightings of some in its stock indexes, the latest blows for the Indian conglomerate plunged into crisis by a short-seller’s report. New York-based short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the Adani Group in a […]