Category: Asia
China seeks to woo foreign firms as tensions with West swirl
BOAO, China (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that he was committed to opening up and reforming the world’s second-largest economy [...]
Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey's parliament voted to approve its application.
Turkey had delayed Finland's bid to join t [...]
After a more than $1 trillion rout, Beijing appears to be warming to Chinese tech giants
Beijing's regulatory crackdown on the Chinese tech sector began in late 2020, wiping off more than a combined $1 trillion from the country's biggest [...]
China’s Premier Li Qiang seeks to rally Asia behind Beijing
BO'AO, China — Chinese Premier Li Qiang sought to rally Asian countries behind China in his first public address to an international audience as prem [...]
Dozens killed in blaze on Philippines ferry
At least 28 people have been killed and 230 rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire in the Philippines.
The blaze began in the ship's air-cond [...]
Dmitry Muratov: Nuclear warning from Russia’s Nobel-winning journalist
The Russian authorities may have shut down his newspaper, but journalist Dmitry Muratov refuses to be silenced.
When we meet in Moscow, the editor [...]
Google: India tribunal upholds $160m fine on company
An Indian appeals court has upheld a $160m fine slapped on Google by the country's antitrust regulator in a case related to Android's market dominanc [...]
First cheetah cubs born in India since extinction 70 years ago
India has welcomed the birth of four cheetah cubs - more than 70 years after the animals were declared officially extinct there.
India's environme [...]
Netanyahu rejects Biden’s call to drop Israel judicial overhaul
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to comments by the US president, who urged him to walk away from his controversial judi [...]
North Korea asserts first evidence of tactical nuclear weapons
North Korea has revealed small nuclear warheads, which it says can be fitted on to short-range missiles.
The North has long claimed it has tactica [...]