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Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:After setting a record for the share of votes received during the party’s primary elections, Lee aims to win the presidential election scheduled on June 3.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Kremlin said all combat operations will be suspended from May 8-10. Ukraine’s President Zelensky branded truce an ‘attempt at manipulation’.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Chongqing-based Seres joins state-owned Chery Automobile and EV battery maker CATL in seeking to raise funds in Hong Kong.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:U.N. systems have played a crucial role in highlighting Beijing’s human rights abuses. Now China’s government is stacking these very bodies with its own mouthpieces.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:The latest speculation includes R2’s imminent launch and the new benchmarks that it set in terms of cost-efficiency and performance.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Envoys from Japan, Canada and Netherlands monitor unscripted training for disinformation attacks and psychological warfare.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Experts interpret Manila’s counter flag-raising as an effort to resist Beijing’s creeping jurisdiction.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:The joint statement was unequivocal in condemning the Pahalgam attack. And while it did not name Pakistan, it condemned “cross-border terrorism.”
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Previously, militants targeted security personnel through ambush-style assaults or hit-and-run gun attacks on the Pandit community. The attack in Pahalgam was aimed at tourists.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:A bloc of conservative cardinals are likely to seek a pope who reasserts traditions and restricts Francis’ vision of a more inclusive church.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:The controversial law will undermine restive Balochistan’s rights over its mineral reserves.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:UBTech’s Walker humanoids are headed for a car plant, while Midea plans to have its own robots in an appliance factory by next month.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Old versions of smart ID cards will become invalid in phases from May 12, and more than 180,000 residents have yet to replace them.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:April 16, 1945 marked the start of the top-secret U.S.-Soviet operation “Project Hula,” and a Japan-Soviet territorial dispute that continues to this day.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:American pop star expected to hold concerts in Hangzhou in November – years after she was denied visa for dress seen as protest symbol.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Industry representatives say customers only enjoy shisha because of flavours and already struggling bars will suffer if blanket ban goes ahead.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel’s ‘fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is detached from reality’.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Henry Edward Tse seeks to challenge allegedly unlawful requirements for transgender residents using their preferred sex on ID cards.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:China’s third-generation Hualong One reactors will be among those built in some coastal provinces, and each can meet the energy demands of 1 million people.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Before the recent surge in interest in Chinese e-commerce platforms, Pop Mart’s business was already booming.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Thousands of people engage with story about racy deal to buy second-hand BMW, as woman who made offer says husband agrees with move.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the move would ‘inject fresh energy’ into the party that’s aiming to connect with a changing electorate.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir demolish houses of alleged militants after last week's attack.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Latest official figures show value of exports for first quarter alone increased by 10.9 per cent, while imports increased by 9.8 per cent.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Discovery of new underlying mechanism opens up possibilities for developing medication, researchers at Chinese University of Hong Kong say.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Even as Japan, India, and Australia face US tariffs, they are also being pressured by Washington to rebalance their ties with China.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Many in Japan are demanding that the 27-year-old Chinese man, who lives in the country, pay for the costs of rescuing him twice.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:As costs soar and rivals surge ahead, the US nuclear arsenal stands at a crossroads between urgent modernization and strategic overreach. This month, the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report stating that there has been a significant 25% rise in the projected costs of maintaining and modernizing the US nuclear arsenal, now estimated […] The post The waning deterrence of America’s nuclear arsenal...
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 – a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever. With Russian commitment to a deal clearly lacking, the situation is not helped by US President Donald […] The post Trump can’t decide who’s to blame for Ukraine peace fail appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Data analyzed by Reuters shows that the pace of air and artillery attacks has actually increased since the junta's April 2 ceasefire announcement.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:The Filipina-American transwoman died early Saturday after suffering from a "severe infection".
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:He returned to Mount Fuji four days after his initial rescue in the hopes of finding his phone.
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:It comes just days after Russia's Valery Gerasimov praised the "heroism" of North Korean troops.
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