Category: Regions
South Korea repels North’s patrol boat after sea intrusion
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The North Korean patrol boat crossed the so-called Northern Limit Line on Saturday while pursuing a Chinese fishing vessel in waters near South Korea’s Baekryeong island. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217233/south-korea-repels-norths-patrol-boat-after-sea-intrusion?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJapan’s Kishida vows safety of G7 meetings after ‘smoke bomb’ attack
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Japan must not allow acts of violence that attack the foundation of democracy, Kishida says, calling the incident ‘unforgivable’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217228/japans-kishida-vows-safety-g7-meetings-after-smoke-bomb-attack?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIndians ditch cash as QR codes and apps like PhonePe, Paytm make digital payments ‘much easier’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. India, once a cash-only economy, is undergoing a digital revolution, thanks to the country’s home-grown scan-and-pay systems. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3216964/indians-ditch-cash-home-grown-apps-phonepe-paytm-and-qr-codes-make-digital-payments-much-easier?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUS legislators demand probe into military aid to Israeli regime
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A group of US Congress members lash out at Israeli atrocities in Palestine, urging Joe Biden to reconsider enduring US support for the Israeli regime. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/16/701640/US-legislators-demand-probe-into-military-aid-to-Israeli-regime
Read MoreG7 nears fossil fuel phase-out deal without coal exit deadline
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Ministers could not reach agreement on exiting coal by a specific date, which they wanted to set at 2030, according to French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217225/g7-nears-fossil-fuel-phase-out-deal-without-coal-exit-deadline?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAs Malaysia’s Hollywood dreams crumble with Iskandar studios sale, a Singapore firm swoops in
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund has sold its stake in Iskandar Malaysia Studios for a fraction of its initial investment, raising doubts about the wisdom of building a state-of-the-art studio complex there in the first…
Read MoreChina and Ukraine headline as G7 foreign ministers arrive in Japan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which runs from Sunday to Tuesday in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa, is set to be dominated by twin crises: China’s growing pressure on Taiwan and Russia’s war in…
Read More1000s protest Netanyahu’s ‘reforms’ for 15th week, as Moody’s cuts Israel’s outlook
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Thousands rally again in Tel Aviv against the Israeli cabinet’s so-called judicial reforms, which have prompted Moody’s to cut the regime’s credit outlook. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/15/701636/Palestine-Israel-protest-Netanyahu-judicial-reforms-Tel-Aviv-Moody-s-credit-outlook
Read MoreResistance groups slam Israeli assaults on Palestinian Christian worshippers
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Gaza-based Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements have roundly denounced the attacks. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/15/701625/Resistance-groups-condemn-Israeli-assaults-on-Palestinian-Christian-worshippers-in-al-Quds
Read MoreSudan Military Clashes: Why It Matters and Who Is Battling for Control
New York Times The strategically important country in northeastern Africa has been consumed by turmoil after overthrowing a dictator in 2019, with plans for a civilian-led democracy now in shambles. https://www.nytimes.com/article/sudan-khartoum-military.html
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