Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, right, meets with Lieutenant General SM Kamrul Hassan, principal staff officer of the Bangladesh army, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan [Handout/Inter-Services Public Relations] Mon 20 January 2025: Since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, Pakistan and Bangladesh have edged closer as politics in both countries ride on a general anti-India sentiment. Islamabad, Pakistan – The […]
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Mon 20 January 2025: China on Monday executed a man who rammed his car into the public, leaving 35 people dead and 42 others injured. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was given a death sentence last month over the incident that took place outside a sports complex on Nov. 11, 2024 in the Zhuhai city of southern […]
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Sun 19 January 2025: China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, the data released on Friday showed, indicating that the trend is likely to continue in the world’s second most populous country even faster in the coming years, as well as a shortage of working-age people. Last year, the population in China […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to jail time over a graft case related to the Al Qadir University Trust. The former premier was sentenced to 14 years behind bars, and his wife to seven, in the thrice-postponed verdict announced inside […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: The United States has finalised a rule effectively barring Chinese and Russian technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world’s second-biggest economy over national security risks. The announcement on Tuesday, which also pertains to Russian technology, comes as outgoing President Joe Biden wraps […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: Singapore has introduced a new code requiring designated app distribution services to implement age assurance measures to enhance online safety, particularly for children, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced on Wednesday. The Code of Practice for Online Safety for App Distribution Services, which will take effect on March 31, mandates […]
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Fri 17 January 2025: A migrant boat carrying 80 passengers capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among those presumed dead, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Thursday. . The incident of boat capsizing took place off the Coast of Morocco, while attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa. Pakistani President […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: A movie about the 2002 Godhra train burning incident hit theatres, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his entire cabinet attending its screening. The event sparked renewed discussions about the intersection of cinema and politics in India. Just days after the demise of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, a heated […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities linked to the artisanal mining sector. The trio are the first Chinese nationals to stand trial since Democratic Republic […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq quits amid questions over ties to the country’s toppled leader, her aunt Sheikh Hasina. The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption has resigned after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the toppled prime minister of Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiq, 42, had […]
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