Fri 03 October 2025: The US is working to ramp up missile production in preparation for a potential conflict with China, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing officials familiar with the matter. The Pentagon is reportedly pressing defense contractors to double or quadruple output amid mounting concerns over insufficient weapons stockpiles. The US Department […]
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Thu 02 October 2025: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Monday defended his ambitious plan to provide free meals for children after some 6,000 cases of food poisoning, saying the percentage of those affected was small and the programme was still finding its footing. The food poisonings have sparked a public outcry with TV channels broadcasting images of children […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: Authorities say six people are still alive under the rubble of the school and in contact with rescue workers. At least 91 people remain trapped under building rubble following a school collapse in Indonesia, government authorities said. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management, or BNPB, reported the latest figures on Tuesday […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: The Taliban has refuted claims of imposing a nationwide internet ban amid a recent communications blackout in Afghanistan this week. In a statement provided to Pakistani journalists via a chat group on Wednesday, Taliban representatives attributed the disruptions to aging fibre-optic cables requiring replacement. “There is nothing like the rumours being […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: The 5G competition between the US and China has intensified as preparations for 6G continue. The US was the first country to utilize 5G in 2018, and its four major carriers began offering the service across the nation in 2019. South Korea was the second to establish its 5G network, which […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: The immediate flashpoint this weekend was Bareilly, where a post-Friday prayer protest turned violent, prompting police action, detentions, arrests and an internet shutdown. Lucknow: What began as a seemingly routine decoration in Kanpur on the eve of Eid Milad-un-Nabi has spiraled for over three weeks into one of the most volatile religious controversies in […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: Internet and mobile phone networks remained shut down across Afghanistan on Tuesday, leaving millions without access to communication, while the interim administration authorities have yet to issue any public explanation. The outage, which began late Monday, is ongoing across the country, the local broadcaster Tolo News reported. The interim administration authorities […]
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The construction site of the water diversion tunnel for the Yangtze-to-Han River Project (File Photo – Xinhua) Mon 29 September 2025: China on Monday announced that it has built the world’s “largest, most comprehensive” water infrastructure system, with total investment in water conservancy projects during the 2021-25 period expected to exceed 5.4 trillion yuan […]
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Mon 29 September 2025: South Korea has logged the highest relative poverty rate among its retired population among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Monday. The relative poverty rate stood at 39.8% for those aged 65 and older in 2023, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous year, […]
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Mon 29 September 2025: Indian leader controversially refers to the politically-charged win as an extension of ‘Operation Sindoor’. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contentiously invoked the conflict with Pakistan in May, which brought the nuclear-armed neighbours to the cusp of a fifth all-out war, to celebrate India’s Asia Cup final cricket win against their regional arch […]
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