Asia Pacific

Russia and North Korea signed a protection pledge President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un revived a Cold War-era mutual protection pledge between Russia and North Korea yesterday. They promised to supply one another with “mutual help within the occasion of aggression,” nevertheless it was unclear if such help would imply full-fledged navy intervention, because the […] More

Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister of Thailand who can be a strong behind-the-scenes participant within the present authorities, was indicted on Tuesday on a legal cost of insulting the monarchy, ushering in a interval of uncertainty that would plunge the nation right into a political disaster. Mr. Thaksin is essentially the most high-profile determine […] More

A high-level U.S. congressional delegation, together with the previous House speaker Nancy Pelosi, met with the Dalai Lama at his Indian residence on Wednesday, a go to that was condemned upfront by China’s authorities, which considers the exiled Tibetan non secular chief a separatist. The delegation, led by Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the […] More

Toyota Motor’s longtime chief, Akio Toyoda, defended his continued deep involvement within the firm’s operations on Tuesday, responding to calls by some large buyers that he step again after having resigned as chief govt greater than a yr in the past. “Some infer that what I do and the way I act is akin to […] More

Biden will give protections to undocumented spouses of U.S. residents President Biden introduced sweeping new authorized protections yesterday for undocumented immigrants who’ve been dwelling within the U.S. for years and are married to Americans. It is among the most expansive presidential actions to guard immigrants in additional than a decade. Under the brand new coverage, […] More

When Harmeet Singh left India in 2020, he was in search of a contemporary begin. His profession as a cricket participant had stagnated, and his dream of constructing the Indian nationwide crew — and enjoying within the World Cup, the game’s greatest stage — was fading. His vacation spot was the United States, the place […] More

A lot of North Korean troopers have been killed or injured by land mines within the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas since late final yr, when the North started sending them into the buffer zone to do building work, the South Korean navy mentioned on Tuesday. The work has been underway since November, when […] More

Lawmakers in Thailand voted on Tuesday to approve a wedding equality invoice, a transfer that places the nation on a transparent path to changing into the primary in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Thailand’s Senate handed the invoice by 130 votes to 4, with some abstentions, on Tuesday afternoon. It was permitted by the […] More

In Japanese rivers, if you happen to’re very fortunate, you may discover uncommon amphibians that develop as much as 5 toes lengthy and seem like unusual cartoon dinosaurs. They are big salamanders. “Salamanders are large, and so they’re cool,” mentioned Sena Ishikawa, a grasp’s pupil finding out the animals at Kyoto University. “I simply love […] More

Ships from China and the Philippines collided Monday morning close to a disputed archipelago within the South China Sea, based on statements from the 2 nations, the most recent in a sequence of maritime confrontations which have elevated tensions within the very important waterway. Each facet blamed the opposite for the collision, which occurred between […] More

Netanyahu disbanded his struggle cupboard Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, dissolved his struggle cupboard. The transfer was extensively anticipated after two key members resigned. An Israeli official urged that Netanyahu’s resolution to disband the five-member physique was largely symbolic. Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot stop final week over disagreements in regards to the course of […] More

China on Monday threatened to impose tariffs on pork imports from Europe, in what seemed to be retaliation for the European Union’s determination final week to impose preliminary tariffs on electrical vehicles imported from China. China’s Ministry of Commerce introduced that it had opened an investigation into whether or not pork from the European Union […] More