Indonesia boosts social aid ahead of fuel price hike
The government has already tripled its 2022 energy subsidy allocation to Rp 502 trillion to keep prices of subsidized fuels and some power tariffs unchanged amid rising global…
UN issues $160 million flash appeal to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods
The aid, covering the initial six months of the crisis response, will also help to avoid outbreaks of cholera, and to provide food aid to mothers and their young children.
Japan govt calls Russian military drills ‘totally unacceptable’
Japan has asked Russia to exclude the northern islands from the area where the exercises will be held.
Taiwan fires warning shots at Chinese drone
It was the first time warning shots have been fired in such an incident amid a period of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.
RCEP to benefit Indonesia’s food, transportation industries
The RCEP involves the ten ASEAN countries along with the east Asian economic powerhouses of China, Japan and South Korea and the Oceanian countries of Australia and New Zealand.
India has become the most powerful country in the world: Defence minister
He also said that the Russia-Ukraine war was stopped for a few hours at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hence the government could bring back over 22,000 Indian…
After heavy rains, North Korea stops reenabling tunnel at nuclear test site
Previous commercial satellite imagery suggested that North Korea had resumed reactivation activity at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site since early March.
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dies aged 91
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the US and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain and bring about the reunification of…
Cats become top dogs in Chinese cities, usurping man’s best friend
Just shy of 60 per cent of China's urban pet owners own cats, several mews louder than the 46 per cent recorded the year prior.
South Korea asks Japanese coast guard vessel to stop survey in Japan’s EEZ
A similar case had occurred in the same waters in Jan 2021.