Taipei: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen vowed to maintain the status quo of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait amid high tensions with China, which has stepped up military pressure on the democratically governed island. Taiwan will not provoke and will not bow to Chinese pressure,
New Delhi: As the stalemate between Islamabad and New Delhi continues over bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the sole responsibility for the normalisation of ties on Pakistan. India wants "normal and neighbourly relations", Modi said in an interview with a Japanese media
Shanghai: The 2023 Shanghai Coffee Culture Week opened on May 13, with a variety of activities integrating industry, culture and lifestyle scheduled. Shanghai, home to more than 8,000 coffee houses, has hosted the event since 2021. This year's Coffee Culture Week is organized by the Shanghai
San Francisco: A United States (US) court found that the FBI improperly searched for information in a U.S. database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times over several years, including on Americans suspected of crimes, according to a ruling released on Friday. The decision by the Foreign Intelligence
New Delhi: China has said that it is opposed to a G20 tourism meeting next week in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir in India and will not attend. India, which holds the chair of G20 this year, has organised a series of meetings across the
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday charted the course for China-Central Asia cooperation in the new era at a milestone summit with leaders of five Central Asian countries. The China-Central Asia Summit, which runs from Thursday to Friday in Xian was attended by President Kassym-Jomart
United Nations: Roughly 90 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is on the brink of poverty “and children bear the brunt of it,” the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country, Fran Equiza, told reporters in New York. “Because, in what is
United Nations: Pakistan highlighted Gautam Buddha’s message of peace, compassion and non-violence at a commemoration of his birth, enlightenment and passing of the ascetic and religious teacher. “The life and teachings of Gautam Buddha have left an indelible impact on the world, inspiring countless generations to
Khartoum: Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan's capital as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly 1 million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support
London: More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published recently found. A team of international researchers reported that some of