Mali’s military government headed by a two-time coup leader says its security forces thwarted an attempted coup, led by army officers and supported by an unnamed Western state, last week. The government’s announcement on Monday comes after years of turmoil in Mali, where Colonel Assimi […]
Thailand’s main economic forecasting agency lowered its growth estimate for this year, and raised its inflation expectations, due to the impacts on the global economy from Russia’s war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China. The National Economic and Social Development Council said Tuesday that […]
Asia-Pacific countries are playing “catch-up” on restarting international travel and should ease remaining pandemic-related border restrictions without delay, the head of the global airline industry’s representative body said on Tuesday. Speaking at an aviation summit in Singapore, Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air […]
Bengaluru, India – Aneesha Thakur has used sunflower oil in her kitchen for as long as she can remember. Last week, she broke with that habit, buying a bottle of soybean oil instead to fry fish for her teenage sons. The neighbourhood supermarket, which usually […]
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, Khalid Abdulaziz Al-Falih, left, shakes hands with Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. The government is planning to import fertilisers from Saudi Arabia to ensure an adequate supply during the peak planting season, amid shortages in the […]
Trecia Roberts. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) The significance of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games for Thai athletes varies from person to person. For Thai-American Trecia Roberts, a former national 100m hurdles star-turned-coach, it launched her dream to have Thai athletics represented at the Olympics — a […]
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Chinese shipyards that are at the heart of Beijing’s drive to modernise its navy are also seeing orders and technology transfer worth billions of dollars from commercial shipping companies in dealings that researchers say could inadvertently help the Chinese military’s modernisation plans. The Center for […]
Pakistani police say they have arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a police statement has said. Monday’s arrest came two weeks after a woman suicide bomber blew herself […]
Taipei, Taiwan – The world is watching as Washington reportedly edges towards imposing unprecedented sanctions on Chinese state-owned surveillance tech firm Hikvision, a move for which Beijing is reported to be weighing countermeasures. The sanctions could take United States-China tensions to a new level but […]
