The deep-sea jetty is located next to the Colombo International Container Terminal, which is 85 percent owned by China. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka Win Toss, Bat In First England Test But Captain Out Injured
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against England on Thursday after skipper Dimuth Karunaratne sat out with a fractured thumb. ( read original story ...)
Party Congress Reveals Pressures On North Korea: Analysts
North Korea's twice-a-decade party congress has revealed the extent of the pressures on its struggling economy in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, sanctions, and deadlocked nuclear talks with the ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea: Will Kim Jong Un resume ICBM and nuclear tests?
At party Congress, Kim pledges to expand weapons programmes with the aim of ‘making a preemptive nuclear strike’. ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s Prachanda accuses India of directing its constitutional crisis
Amid the constitutional crisis that surfaced with the dissolution of parliament in Nepal, the Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party’s opposing faction, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal PM Oli Dissolved Parliament On India’s Orders, Met R&AW Chief: Prachanda’s New Twist
Nepal Communist Party leader and former PM Prachanda has accused PM KP Sharma Oli of splitting the ruling party and dissolving Parliament at India's direction ... ( read original story ...)
Economists cut forecasts for Malaysia’s growth after new Covid lockdown and state of emergency
Malaysia's government imposed a two-week lockdown on six states and territories, while the king declared a state of emergency to curb surging Covid-19 cases. ( read original story ...)
Al Nasr sign Uzbekistan’s Khamdamov
Uzbekistan star Dostonbek Khamdamov will ply his trade in the UAE Pro League, after his arrival at Al Nasr SC was announced by the club on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
South Korea court upholds jail for ex-president Park, clearing way for chance of a pardon
South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year jail sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and so for the ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence for Ex-President Park
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is set to spend much of her remaining years in prison, after the Supreme Court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a corruption conviction. ( read original story ...)