UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg holds a press conference upon his arrival in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on June 8, 2022. (ALAA MOHAMMAD / AFP) SANAA – UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced on Sunday that no agreement has been reached to renew the expired truce between the Yemeni warring parties. "The […]
In this March 26, 2022 file photo, Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sana'a, Yemen. (HANI MOHAMMED / AP) ADEN, Yemen – An updated UN proposal calling for an extension of the existing truce set to expire on Oct 2 has been received by both sides of Yemen's warring […]
UN special envoy Hans Grundberg holds a press conference upon his arrival in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on June 8, 2022. (ALAA MOHAMMAD / AFP) ADEN, YEMEN – The United Nations, through its special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, stepped up diplomatic efforts to renew the existing truce between Yemen's warring parties to prevent any […]
Yemeni police inspect a site of airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26, 2022. (HANI MOHAMMED / AP) ADEN, YEMEN – The Saudi-backed Yemeni government has received a proposal from the United Nations suggesting renewing the ongoing truce for additional six months, an official told Xinhua on Wednesday. The proposal from UN Special […]
Fighters affiliated with Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council man a position as they deploy amid tensions in the southern port city of Aden on Feb 3, 2022. (SALEH AL-OBEIDI / AFP) SANAA – Yemen and the United Arab Emirates discussed in New York ways of promoting bilateral cooperation and the ongoing truce across Yemen, the […]
A young Syrian girl is pictured at a refugee camp in the village of Mhammara in the northern Lebanese Akkar region on March 9, 2019. (IBRAHIM CHALHOUB / AFP) BEIRUT – Lebanon on Saturday started implementing its plan to return 15,000 Syrian refugees monthly to their homeland, Elnashra news website reported. Syrian refugees wishing to […]
Hong Kong’s recent emigration wave has been a subject of heated debate, whose impact on the city’s industries, including the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape (ASPL) sector I represent in the Legislative Council, is undeniably problematic. Along with the shrinking workforce, the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been declining. Professional […]
This photo taken on Aug 17, 2022 shows a shopper looking at fresh produce at a supermarket in Tokyo. (RICHARD A. BROOKS / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's government on Friday unveiled near-term stimulus steps to soften the economic blow of high food and energy prices on low-income households, businesses and farmers. The move by the […]
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (right) attend a bilateral meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva on July 13, 2022. (JOE ARMAO / POOL / AFP) SYDNEY – The Solomon Islands government said on Tuesday that the timing of an offer from Australia to fund […]
A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on March 5, 2020. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia will increase its permanent immigration numbers by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current financial year as it looks to shift its focus toward long-term migrants, bringing some relief for businesses battling widespread staff […]
A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on March 5, 2020. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia will increase its permanent immigration numbers by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current financial year as it looks to shift its focus toward long-term migrants, bringing some relief for businesses battling widespread staff […]
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr walk on the US and Israel flags, on a road blocked with burning tires during a demonstration in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Aug 29, 2022. (HUSSEIN FALEH / AFP) BAGHDAD – Thousands of powerful Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's supporters stormed major Iraqi government buildings in Baghdad, […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with media after Parliamentary church service in Canberra on July 26, 2022. (STR / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government was focussed on jobs and workplace reform as the country faces economic challenges in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a speech […]
A security guard patrols around the Opera House on Oct 11, 2021, as Sydney ended their lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus after 106 days. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's new government will consider reforms to the country's "broken" industrial bargaining system at a jobs summit this week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday. […]
In this April 25, 2022 file photo, the Twitter application is seen on a digital device in San Diego. (GREGORY BULL / AP) NEW DELHI – A former Twitter Inc security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on the payroll, according to a whistleblower disclosure […]
Farmers from various organizations gather as they participate in a protest against the central government policies, in New Delhi on August 22, 2022. (MONEY SHARMA / AFP) NEW DELHI – Protesters broke barricades and shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Monday, after thousands of farmers gathered […]
Aerial photo taken on Jan 28, 2021 shows a section of the Nagchu-Lhasa expressway and the Qinghai-Tibet railway crossing each other in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. (PHOTO / XINHUA) While Tibet was preparing for its peaceful liberation, Chairman Mao Zedong gave instructions to develop the region on a priority basis. The most important communication […]
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, made her trip to Taiwan on the night of Aug 2 despite the strong objection of the Chinese people as well as their government and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Her provocative act was met with days of large-scale live-fire joint military drills […]
A young Syrian girl is pictured at a refugee camp in the village of Mhammara in the northern Lebanese Akkar region on March 9, 2019. (IBRAHIM CHALHOUB / AFP) DAMASCUS/BEIRUT – Syrian and Lebanese officials met in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday to discuss ways to facilitate the monthly return of 15,000 Syrian refugees. […]
Washington, DC, Aug 12, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) has trained its inaugural class of Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM) experts. These GBA BMM professionals will do Blockchain consulting and participate on Blockchain enterprise appraisals. GBA’s first class of blockchain experts mean Blockchain Maturity evaluations are now underway. Why […]
A police officer salutes in front of the coffin of a slain policeman, killed in an attack by suspected militants, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the police headquarters in Srinagar on May 24, 2022. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) Coming just days after the third anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir’s constitutional autonomy by the Indian […]
A police officer salutes in front of the coffin of a slain policeman, killed in an attack by suspected militants, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the police headquarters in Srinagar on May 24, 2022. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) Coming just days after the third anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir’s constitutional autonomy by the Indian […]
A woman beggar with her child waits to receive alms at a bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 22, 2022. (EBRAHIM NOROOZI / AP) KABUL – The Supreme Leader of the Taliban-run caretaker government has ordered to ban beggars here from seeking alms on the street, but to offer them jobs or education, Afghanistan's state-run […]
A few days ago, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), which is composed of a bunch of hawkish anti-China politicians such as Senator Marco Rubio, urged the US government to impose sanctions against Paul Lam Ting-kwok, the newly appointed secretary for justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and 15 government lawyers in […]
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) soldiers take part in a live fire exercise at the JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Manuever Area in Gotemba on May 22, 2021. (AKIO KON / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japan will hold off on setting a ceiling for next fiscal year's defense spending, a draft of […]
In this photo provided by the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2022. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) SEOUL – The leader of the Democratic People’s […]
Bracing for a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping attended the ceremony for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland on July 1, and delivered an important speech on the occasion, which has been the topic of discussion in many study forums, workshops, and symposiums organized by various organizations […]
People wait in a queue to refill their Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders at a gasoline distribution point in Colombo on July 14, 2022. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka canvassed oil companies in petroleum-producing nations on Tuesday to import and sell their products in the Indian Ocean island, opening its market to resolve […]
The Liddell Power Station (left) and Bayswater Power Station, both coal-powered thermal power stations, are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov 2, 2021. (MARK BAKER / AP PHOTO) SYDNEY – Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while addressing an election rally in Nara in western Japan on July 8, was not only a former prime minister — the longest-serving — of Japan, but also one of the most powerful and influential figures in Japanese politics. Abe’s assassination had a direct impact […]