When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hand-picked a unionist-turned-opposition lawmaker Wakako Yata as one of his special advisers last year, it surprised labour leaders long known for their ties ...
Cat’s fall into vat of hazardous chemicals sparks health warning in Japan
A city in Japan is on high alert for a cat that fell into a tank of hazardous chemicals before disappearing into the night.
U.N. atomic agency chief visits Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, inspects operations
The head of the U.N. atomic agency visited Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power on Wednesday and examined its ongoing discharge of the treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
With IMF’s last review, Pakistan aims at yet another bailout
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold a second and last review of Pakistan's $3 billion standby arrangement this week in Islamabad, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, with the South ...
IMF to arrive in Pakistan for bailout review, says finance ministry
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is arriving in Pakistan for a second and last review of a $3 billion standby arrangement this week, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The four-day ...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran barred from holding meetings inside Adiala Jail for 2 weeks
Under a government order, no visitors will be allowed to meet Imran or other inmates at the Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi for two weeks for security reasons. PTI denounced the ban on ...
China Fumes as India’s Modi Visits Contested Border
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh to inaugurate the strategic Sela Tunnel, which has irked China.
AI is an important engine for ‘new productive forces’, China’s Li says
China's premier called artificial intelligence an important engine for the "new productive forces", state television CCTV said on Wednesday. Premier Li Qiang said China will speed up computing levels ...
China says US TikTok ban ‘an act of bullying’ that would backfire
China has described a potential TikTok ban as “an act of bullying” that would backfire on America.
China gives details of equipment and consumer goods trade-in plan
China's cabinet on Wednesday issued details of its plan to promote large-scale equipment upgrades and sales of consumer goods, one of a series of steps China is taking to boost the economy which has ...