Expressing his gratitude to "trustworthy friend" India for saving Sri Lanka and preventing a "bloodbath" during its unprecedented economic crisis last year, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has said that not a single nation has extended that kind of assistance to Colombo as done by New Delhi.   Sri Lanka was...
As the economic crisis is turning severe, the impact is hurting Pakistan Army. The severity has hit the entire military logistics, prompting the regional command to issue massive cuts in ration for troops and fuel for the military equipment.   The Pakistan army has issued a letter to all field formations...
SHANGHAI: The China Association of Auto Manufacturers (CAAM), citing antitrust law, on Saturday retracted a pledge to avoid "abnormal pricing" made two days earlier by 16 automakers, including Tesla..   Thursday's CAAM-organised pledge by the companies, including Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers Nio, Li Auto and Xpeng, had been interpreted by...
TOKYO: Japan on Saturday marked one year since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church.   The death of Japan's longest serving prime minister, which was caught on video, rattled a nation unused to gun...
SHANGHAI: China's securities regulator said on Saturday that it would support mutual fund managers to enable them to lower fund product fees.   In a statement, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said it would optimise the mutual-fund fee scheme and steadily lower the industry's comprehensive fee rates.   The statement came as performance...
BEIJING: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged closer communication between China and the United States on Saturday to improve economic decision-making and challenged China to join global initiatives to help poorer nations address climate change.   Despite bilateral tensions, record high U.S.-Chinese trade last year showed there was "ample room" to...
BEIJING: China has announced export restrictions to take effect from Aug. 1 on some gallium and germanium products, metals used in computer chips and other products, citing national security interests.   China produces around 60per cent of the world's germanium, or 180 metric tons in 2022, and over 90per cent of...
BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping, on an inspection tour of a major industrial province, renewed his call for greater innovation and technological self-reliance, as the United States intensifies curbs on Chinese access to advanced technologies.   China should accelerate the upgrades of key technologies and core products, state-run Xinhua news agency...
MADRID: Chinese airlines have upped the number of weekly flights to Spain by more than five times since the end of China's zero-COVID policy in December, filling most of the gap left by European rivals due to a ban on flying over Russia.   "We've managed to restore 60per cent of...
BEIJING — China will tighten its scrutiny on food from Japan and maintain curbs on some Japanese imports, the government said on Friday (July 7), citing Tokyo's decision to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the sea.   The Japanese plan, approved on Tuesday by the UN...