China has cut its annual economic growth target to a range of 4.5%-5%, the lowest expansion goal since 1991 as it grapples with challenges both at home and abroad. It…
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JAPAN: Australian girl, 8, killed in snowmobile accident
An eight-year-old Queensland girl has been killed after she was seriously injured in a snowmobile accident at a Japanese ski resort. Chloe Jeffries, from the Gold Coast, was riding on…
SOUTH KOREA: Woman and doctors guilty of murder after killing newborn baby
A South Korean court has convicted a woman of murder after she delivered a baby that was later killed. The woman had wanted to terminate the pregnancy at 36 weeks.…
CHINA: Beijing removes three retired generals from national advisory body
China has removed three retired military generals, including a former commander of the People’s Liberation Army ground force, from a top political advisory body just days before its largest annual…
INDIA: Top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders
India’s Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to have adjudicated on a property dispute using fake judgements generated by artificial intelligence. The top court, which…
INDIA: Regulator rejects US firm’s fraud claims against Adani Group
India’s stock market regulator has dismissed some allegations of stock manipulation and financial fraud against billionaire Gautam Adani and his group of companies, made by US short-seller Hindenburg Research. The…
China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus
More than 7,000 cases of a mosquito-borne virus have been reported across China’s Guangdong province since July, prompting measures similar to those taken during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Foshan city,…
Bangladesh announces election as country marks year since ex-PM fled
Bangladesh will hold its first elections since protests toppled its former prime minister next February, the country’s interim leader said on the anniversary of her overthrow. Muhammad Yunus made the…
India calls Trump’s tariff threat over Russian oil ‘unjustified’
India has called Donald Trump’s threat of “substantially” higher tariffs over its purchase of oil from Russia “unjustified and unreasonable”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president warned…
F1 tycoon pleads guilty in rare Singapore corruption case
A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleadedguilty to a charge connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year. Ong Beng Seng has admitted to abetting the obstruction…