CHINA TO OFFER CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES IN BID TO BOOST BIRTH RATE

Tue 29 July 2025: China’s government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing’s state media said Monday, as the world’s second most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. The country’s population has declined for three consecutive years, with United Nations demography […]

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THAILAND AND CAMBODIA AGREE TO ‘IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE’

Mon 28 July 2025: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end their border clashes starting at midnight on Monday.In a press conference after the peace talks, Ibrahim also expressed his “deep appreciation and gratitude” to the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia following […]

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THAILAND SENDS 4 WARSHIPS TO CAMBODIA BORDER ON DAY 3

Sat 26 July 2025: The Thai Navy dispatched four vessels Saturday near its border to support land forces as a Thailand–Cambodia conflict entered a third day, according to the Khaosod English news website. The Royal Thai Navy launched the “Trat Pikhat Pairee 1” (Trat Strike 1) operation against Cambodian forces on three points along the border, after […]

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AFTER 18 YEARS IN JAIL, BOMBAY HC ACQUITS ALL 12 MUSLIM MEN ACCUSED IN 7/11 MUMBAI BLASTS CASE

Tue 22 July 2025: After spending nearly two decades behind bars, the Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted all 12 Muslim men accused of orchestrating the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts that killed 189 people and injured over 800, observing that “the prosecution utterly failed in establishing the case beyond reasonable doubts.” A special bench of […]

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19 KILLED AS BANGLADESH AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO DHAKA COLLEGE CAMPUS

Mon 21 July 2025: A Bangladesh Air Force training jet on Monday crashed into a college campus in the capital Dhaka, killing at least 19 people, according to the Fire Services. More than 100 others suffered burn injuries, an official said. Most of the victims were students and staff at the college, while the pilot […]

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TRUMP TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL OVER RUSSIAN OIL PURCHASE

Mon 21 July 2025: US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that China, India, and Brazil would soon face consequences due to their continued oil purchases from Russia. “Putin, your turn is coming. You know, Donald Trump is the Scottie Scheffler of American politics and foreign diplomacy, and he’s about to put a whooping on your a**,” Graham, […]

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INDONESIA MUST REJECT MOSSAD’S GAZA EVACUATION SCHEME

Mon 21 July 2025: On 18 July 2025, Axios reported a deeply troubling revelation: the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, David Barnea, has contacted Indonesia as part of a plan to resettle hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. In a meeting last week in Washington, Barnea told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel had approached […]

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JAPAN DISCARDS $1.6 BILLION WORTH OF COVID-19 MEDICINE: REPORT

Sun 20 July 2025: Japan’s health ministry on Wednesday revealed that it discarded approximately 240 billion yen (around $1.6 billion) worth of COVID-19 oral medications in the fiscal year ending March, after the drugs passed their expiration dates, according to Kyodo News Agency. The medications — enough to treat roughly 2.5 million people — were purchased at the […]

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DELHI HC QUASHES 16 FIRS AGAINST 70 PEOPLE OVER SHELTERING TABLIGHI JAMAAT ATTENDEES DURING COVID19

Sun 20 July 2025: The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed 16 FIRs filed against 70 Indian nationals who were accused of sheltering foreign participants of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna passed the order, stating, “Chargesheets quashed”. A detailed judgment is awaited. The Delhi Police alleged […]

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CHINA BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD’S LARGEST HYDROPOWER STATION IN TIBET

Sun 20 July 2025: China on Saturday launched construction of what is set to become the world’s largest hydropower project, located in the remote Yarlung Zangbo River gorge in the southwestern Tibet region, according to state-run media reports. Premier Li Qiang inaugurated the project at a groundbreaking ceremony in the city of Nyingchi in the Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, CGTN reported. […]

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