China's industrial profits rose at a sharply slower pace in May, official data showed on Thursday, underlining the struggles faced by the world's second-largest economy as weak domestic demand crimps overall growth.
Earnings rose 0.7% year-on-year last month after a 4% increase in April while gains over the first five...
A senior Maldivian minister on his maiden visit to China on Wednesday spoke of President Mohamed Muizzu's recent visit to New Delhi and the importance of India to his country's tourism-dependent economy.
The comments by Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed came as Male seems to have re-oriented...
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has highlighted the dire situation faced by millions of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province, also known as East Turkistan.
In a statement posted on social media platform X, the WUC detailed harrowing accounts of Uyghurs...
The United States criticized China in the State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, describing the country as a repressive regime.
In the report, released Wednesday, the department also cited an international and domestic increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia, which it attributed to the war in Gaza.
At the release...
Ratings agencies S&P Global and Moody’s drew fire at a US congressional hearing on Wednesday for failing to reflect the risk of a multi-trillion-dollar “time bomb” that China’s local government financing vehicles pose for global financial markets.
Grilling witnesses at a House Oversight committee hearing, California Democrat Katie Porter won...
Japan has announced plans to support the development of the Philippine 5G network in an effort to counter China's influence in the region's telecommunications sector.
The move comes amid concerns over potential security risks associated with Chinese technology. Japan's support aims to bolster the Philippines' digital infrastructure, ensuring its independence...
India has slammed Pakistan for its “baseless and deceitful narratives” as Islamabad’s envoy here made references to Kashmir in the UN General Assembly.
“Earlier in the day, one delegation misused this forum to spread baseless and deceitful narratives, which is not a surprise,” Minister in India’s Permanent Mission to the...
India will be the biggest economy in the world by 2050, followed by China, the United States, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Russia, said Asle Toje, Deputy Leader of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, during the “Future Watch: The Emerging World Order” program organized by the Pehle India Foundation...
The new Indian government was sworn in on June 4. Within days, a bipartisan American delegation led by the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs chair Michael McCaul was in town. The town in question was Dharamshala – the seat of the Tibetan government in exile and where the...
Recently, Bangladesh complained about faulty Chinese spare parts for its Navy. As it emerges, all three military branches of Bangladesh are struggling with ‘sub-standard’ Chinese supplies. Many other countries (including Pakistan) are also unhappy about the poor quality of Chinese military supplies. Again, in March this year, SIPRI published...
