Eight of 10 analysts polled this week predicted no change at the Jan. 25 meeting. One forecast a cut to 8.75% and another one an increase to 9.25%. * Annual inflation accelerated to 7.5% in December, ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka v England: second Test, day one – as it happened
An unbeaten 107 from Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka recover after James Anderson took three wickets on day one of ... ( read original story ...)
Jimmy Anderson makes Sri Lanka his happy hunting ground, for a change
England veteran showed undimmed resolve in his 157th Test to wring out three cheap wickets in tough bowling conditions ... ( read original story ...)
What North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Has Said About a President Joe Biden
A few weeks before Biden's inauguration, Kim spoke at a Workers' Party Congress meeting in Pyongyang and called the U.S. his country's "biggest enemy," the state-run Korean Central News Agency ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea missile threat as Joe Biden presidency risks Kim Jong-un’s wrath
NORTH KOREA could seek to "force their way" onto US President Joe Biden's foreign policy agency by ramping-up missile tests, hermit state experts have warned. ( read original story ...)
Defections From North Korea Plummet Due To Pandemic [Infographic]
Data from Seoul's Unification Ministry shows that the number of defectors arriving from North Korea declined drastically in 2020. ( read original story ...)
‘An attempt at irony?’: North Korea criticises Australia’s human rights record at UN
North Korea on Wednesday expressed concerns at human rights violations, including alleged racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, in Australia during the universal period review at the UN Human ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War
One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt to hamstring President ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia: We need new laws to help Asean fight cybercrime
KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/ANN): Asean needs new laws to tackle transboundary cyberthreats in order to develop the region into a digital economic bloc, says Malaysia's Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin ... ( read original story ...)
Democratization on hold in Malaysia
Malaysians elected a new coalition to power, putting an end to 61 years of a single party’s de facto monopoly on power. Two years later, the democratization many expected has yet to materialize. ( read original story ...)