Chinese exports and consumer demand gained ground in the first two months of the year after a difficult 2023, according to new government data, but economists are warning that the world's second-largest economy is still struggling to find its footing.
The debt-ridden housing market, in particular, is cause for concern,...
Taichung, Taiwan – When Hao Pengfei retired last year, it felt nothing like he had expected it would when he was a younger man.
“I used to think that retirement is more about relaxation and hobbies and less about stress and concerns,” Hao told Al Jazeera from his home in...
Citing a recent case where an unnamed Chinese technology company was targeted by a foreign hacking group for cyber extortion, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Thursday warned that the networks of "hundreds" of other Chinese businesses and government units have also been infiltrated by these overseas hackers,...
NEW DELHI: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that an open invitation has been extended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Russia, as reported by Russia-based TASS. Peskov noted that the visit of PM Modi to Russia is pending coordination through diplomatic channels.
"This (Modi's visit to Russia) is yet...
India will surpass Japan and Germany to emerge as the third-largest economy and also the third-largest stock market in the world in the next five years, India's G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference on "The Deccan Conversations, Accelerating Our...
A model of the “Pillar of Shame,” a memorial to victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre that was controversially removed from a Hong Kong university in 2021, has gone on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.
Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue...
India criticised the Uniting for Consensus (UFC) model at the United Nations for “opposing” real reforms to the UNSC. The UFC model, started by Italy in the 1990s, primarily aims to counter bids for permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council by G4 nations – India, Brazil, Germany...
Amid ongoing delays attributed to the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, India has been informed by Russia that the remaining two squadrons of the S-400 long-range air defence missile system will be supplied by August 2026.
A deal was signed between Russia and India for the procurement of five...
Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts have been initiated with China to convert a loan for Pokhara International Airport to a grant as it failed to garner income, instead piled up more debt.
This came after opposition lawmaker Chanda Chaudhary raised questions about the...
The U.S. government recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and "strongly opposes" any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims in the northeastern Indian state that shares a border with China, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
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Nuclear-armed neighbors China and India share a 3,000-km (1,860...
