What’s behind North Korea’s shock change of policy towards the South? | Politics News

What’s behind North Korea’s shock change of policy towards the South? | Politics News

Pyongyang announces it is scrapping its long-term aim of reunification with South Korea. In a dramatic shift, North Korea is tearing up its goal of unification with South Korea, a policy that has been in place for decades. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un also said his country does not…

Tennis: Jabeur knocked out of Australian Open by teen sensation Andreeva | Tennis News

Tennis: Jabeur knocked out of Australian Open by teen sensation Andreeva | Tennis News

Tunisia’s Jabeur lost 6-0 6-2 to Russia’s 16-year-old Andreeva in the second round of the Australian Open. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur suffered a stunning 6-0 6-2 loss to Russian 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva in the second round of the Australian Open as the sixth seed’s bid to become the first Arab and…

Two Malaysians in Guantanamo plead guilty to conspiring in Bali Bombings | Crime News

Two Malaysians in Guantanamo plead guilty to conspiring in Bali Bombings | Crime News

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin agreed to give evidence against alleged mastermind Hambali. Malaysians Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep and Mohammed Farik Bin Amin have pleaded guilty to conspiring in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people. The two men appeared in front of…

China posts sluggish GDP growth in 2023, population declines again | Business and Economy News

China posts sluggish GDP growth in 2023, population declines again | Business and Economy News

Official data shows GDP was 5.2 percent in 2023, hitting a government target, but recovery looks uneven. China’s economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2023, hitting the government’s official target, but concerns about growth momentum remain amid a protracted property crisis, sluggish consumer and business confidence, and weak global growth….

Arakan Army fighters claim control of key city in northwestern Myanmar | Military News

Arakan Army fighters claim control of key city in northwestern Myanmar | Military News

Lying along the Kaladar River in Chin State, Paletwa is a strategically important city on a major trade route. The Arakan Army (AA), an armed ethnic group fighting as part of an alliance against the Myanmar military, has claimed control of a key western town near the border with India…

North Korea’s Kim shuts agencies working for reunification with South Korea | Politics News

North Korea’s Kim shuts agencies working for reunification with South Korea | Politics News

Kim Jong Un says his country does not want war but does not seek to avoid it. North Korea has scrapped several government bodies tasked with promoting reconciliation and reunification with South Korea as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un warned that his secretive country does not seek to avoid war….

Ex-boss of China’s state-run bank Everbright arrested on corruption charges | Corruption News

Ex-boss of China’s state-run bank Everbright arrested on corruption charges | Corruption News

Tang Shuangning is latest in long line of high-profile figures to be ensnared in Xi Jinping’s anticorruption drive. The former head of China’s state-owned banking giant Everbright Group has been arrested for alleged corruption, prosecutors have said. Tang Shuangning, 69, was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes and embezzlement following…

Taiwan’s Tsai and Lai welcome US support as Beijing fumes over election | Elections News

Taiwan’s Tsai and Lai welcome US support as Beijing fumes over election | Elections News

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and President-elect William Lai Ching-te have hailed the support of the United States for the self-ruled island in meetings with an unofficial delegation from Washington amid anger in Beijing at overseas governments’ congratulations of Taiwan on its weekend election. The US delegation – including former US…

Who is Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te? | Elections News

Who is Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te? | Elections News

William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who is seen as a “dangerous separatist” by China, has won Taiwan’s presidential election. Lai, the current vice president, who has asserted the self-ruled island’s sovereignty, beat his nearest rival Hou Yu-ih of the conservative Kuomintang (KMT) by more than…