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[ad_1] “The release of political prisoners in Myanmar is not only a relief to those unfairly detained, but also their families”, OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told...
[ad_1] Strict lending rules were introduced in 2020 to tackle property developers’ unbridled borrowing. China is planning to relax restrictions on borrowing for property developers to...
[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea and Taipei, Taiwan – When United States President Joe Biden made his inaugural trip to South Korea as president in May, his...
[ad_1] Women students and workers travel free from harassment in the BRT buses, which reserves seats for them in the conservative region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. by...
[ad_1] Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jan 04 (IPS) – Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the...
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to China on Tuesday for a three-day state visit, saying he looks forward to his...
[ad_1] Finance ministry says measures will save firms more than $2.85bn in tax payments for 2024. South Korea will roll out large tax breaks for semiconductor...
[ad_1] MACAO (AP) — Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macao’s historic Senado Square on a recent weekday and many...
[ad_1] Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia – Made, an Airbnb host who manages a luxury villa on Bali’s sultry west coast, spent two months looking for a gardener...
[ad_1] Hundreds of flights in and out of Manila are halted due to air traffic control malfuntion, stranding passengers at airports. Tens of thousands of travellers...
[ad_1] DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Japan’s Coast Guard said the missiles splashed down in the Sea of Japan, according to Japanese media reports. North Korea has reportedly...
[ad_1] “Banning women from humanitarian work has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans,” they insisted. Some aid programmes have already had to stop temporarily, owing to...
[ad_1] Several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China because of a surge in COVID-19 infections after the country rolled back its stringent “zero-Covid” policy....
[ad_1] Kim Jong Un’s remarks may mean he will continue to conduct tests and expand military capabilities in the coming year. North Korean leader Kim Jong...
[ad_1] HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader said Saturday that China has agreed to a reopening of the city’s border with the mainland, which has...
[ad_1] “No country can develop – indeed survive – socially and economically with half its population excluded”, said the High Commissioner for Human Rights. “These unfathomable...
[ad_1] UNHCR issued a statement explaining that two groups of survivors had been brought to shore off the coast of north-west Indonesia. Believed to have been...
[ad_1] A statement issued by Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply disturbed by the reported order of the de facto Taliban authorities” and that the UN chief...
[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj, suspected in the deaths of at least 20 tourists around Asia in the 1970s, arrived in Paris as...
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sitiveni Rabuka was sworn in as Fiji’s prime minister on Saturday, capping a tense week in a fragile Pacific democracy where...