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Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong made the statements while speaking at an event in Delhi on Thursday
Beijing opposes steep US tariffs on India
MUMBAI – Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong has said that Beijing "firmly opposes" Washington's steep tariffs on Delhi and called for greater co-operation between India and China.Xu likened the US to a "bully", saying that it had long benefitted from free trade but was now using tariffs as a "bargaining chip" to demand "exorbitant prices" from other nations."US has imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and even threatened for more. China firmly opposes it. Silence only emboldens the bully," Xu said on Thursday.Earlier this month, Trump imposed a 25% penalty on India in addition to 25% tariffs for buying oil and weapons from Russia. The new rate will come into effect on 27 August.Delhi's increased imports of cheap Russian crude...
August 22, 2025

Beijing opposes steep US tariffs on India

The man allegedly defrauded 17.7 billion won ($13m; £9.5m) from 1,300 people
Crypto scam fugitive caught after littering in Seoul
SINGAPORE – An alleged cryptocurrency scammer's five years on the run ended after he was arrested for littering near a train station in Seoul, police said Friday.Police said they only intended to arrest the man for throwing a cigarette butt, but they got suspicious when he begged them to let him go "just this once" and tried to escape.The man also refused to show his ID, pretended to take a phone call and offered police money in exchange for letting him go.Upon questioning, police found that he was wanted for allegedly defrauding 17.7 billion won ($13m; £9.5m) from 1,300 people through a cryptocurrency scam.The man, who is in his 60s, has a standing arrest warrant for 10 charges relating to the alleged cryptocurrency scam, including fraud.The man has since been handed over...
August 22, 2025

Crypto scam fugitive caught after littering in Seoul

Thaksin Shinawatra's lese majeste charge relates to an interview he gave to a South Korean newspaper 10 years ago
Former Thai PM Thaksin acquitted in royal insult case
BANGKOK – A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy.The charge related to an interview he gave to a South Korean newspaper ten years ago. He would have faced up to 15 years in jail if convicted.Thailand's lese majeste law forbids insulting its monarchy. But critics say it is often used to target activists and political opponents.The verdict came as Thaksin's daughter, suspended PM Paetongtarn , faces a Constitutional Court decision on whether or not she should be removed from office. These cases pose a threat to the Shinawatra clan, which has been a dominant force in Thai politics for decades.Friday's verdict has brought some relief to the family and their...
August 22, 2025

Former Thai PM Thaksin acquitted in royal insult case

An activist holds up a placard during a protest against the Supreme Court's earlier order to remove stray dogs from Delhi
India top court shelves plan to lock up Delhi's one million street dogs
MUMBAI – India's Supreme Court has modified its previous order asking authorities in Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs into shelters amid widespread protests by animal welfare groups.The three-judge bench said that strays should be released after being vaccinated and sterilised but added that dogs with rabies or aggressive behaviour should be immunised and kept in shelters.The court also banned feeding of stray dogs in public spaces and ordered dedicated areas to be set up for the purpose.On 11 August, a two-judge bench had expressed concern over the rising "menace of dog bites leading to rabies" in Delhi and its suburbs.Delhi's stray dog population is estimated at one million, with suburban Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram also seeing a rise, municipal sources...
August 22, 2025

India top court shelves plan to lock up Delhi's one million street dogs

Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said.The charge relates to trips he took abroad while serving as president.He arrived at magistrates court in the capital Colombo on Friday, having already given a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) earlier in the day.Wickremesinghe served as president from 2022 to 2024, stepping into the role after the country's worst ever economic crisis triggered a popular uprising caused his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee.He was widely credited with helping put the island nation back on the road to economic recovery.Wickremesinghe also served six separate terms as prime minister from the 1990s onwards.According to BBC Sinhala,...
August 22, 2025

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested

Ahn Hak-sop believes the US alliance with Seoul has prevented Korean reunification
A 95-year-old POW wants to return to North Korea to die
SEOUL — On a blistering morning earlier this week, an unusually large crowd had gathered at Imjingang Station — the last stop on Seoul's metropolitan subway line that inches the closest to North Korea.There were dozens of activists and police officers, their attention fixed on one man: Ahn Hak-sop, a 95-year-old former North Korean prisoner of war who was making his way home, to the other side of the border that divides the Korean peninsula.It was what Ahn called his final journey — he wanted to return to the North to be buried there, after spending most of his life in South Korea, much of it against his will.He never made it across: he was turned away, as was expected because the South Korean government had said they did not have enough time to make the necessary...
August 22, 2025

A 95-year-old POW wants to return to North Korea to die

India is the world's third-largest aviation market
Staff shortages threaten flight safety in India
DELHI — India's aviation safety regulator is grappling with a staffing crisis that is severely affecting its ability to fulfil its mandate, a parliamentary panel has warned in a new report.The "profound and persistent shortage" of personnel at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) poses an "existential threat" to the integrity of the safety system, says the report, tabled in the upper house of parliament on Wednesday.The lawmakers were tasked with reviewing aviation safety in the aftermath of the 12 June Air India plane crash which killed 260 people, mostly passengers.The report doesn't mention the crash, but flags several other concerns including overworked air traffic controllers.The BBC has contacted the DGCA and the civil aviation ministry for...
August 21, 2025

Staff shortages threaten flight safety in India

Xi Jinping waves at a crowd during a rally in Tibetan capital Lhasa
China's Xi touts unity and development in surprise Tibet visit
LHASA — President Xi Jinping urged unity on a surprise visit to Tibet, appearing before 20,000 people to mark 60 years since China created the autonomous region after annexing it.In what is only his second presidential visit to the tightly-controlled region, Xi praised the local government for "engaging in a thorough struggle against separatism" - a reference to decades-old Tibetan resistance to Beijing.The visit to Lhasa, which sits at an altitude that could pose health problems for the 72-year-old, suggests a desire to stamp his authority over the region.His published comments did not mention the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who has been living in exile in India since he fled in 1959."To govern, stabilise and develop Tibet, the first thing is to maintain...
August 21, 2025

China's Xi touts unity and development in surprise Tibet visit

A photo provided by the Japanese Coast Guard shows crews battling the fire on the USS New Orlenas
Fire burns for 12 hours on US Navy warship off Okinawa
TOKYO — A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan said.The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport dock ship with a crew of more than 360 sailors and capable of carrying 800 troops, began about 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday and was extinguished early Thursday morning, according to the statement.But a statement from the Japan Coast Guard, which helped fight the fire, said firefighting efforts did not end until just after 9 a.m. local time and that an investigation was underway to determine whether it was fully extinguished.Two sailors suffered minor injuries and were treated in on-board medical facilities, the Navy said.When the fire broke out, the ship was at anchor...
August 21, 2025

Fire burns for 12 hours on US Navy warship off Okinawa

A fragile ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has held even as they trade fresh accusations every day
A fierce war of words keeps Thailand and Cambodia on edge
BANGKOK — The guns along the forested Thai-Cambodian border have been silent for three weeks now.But a fierce war of words is still being waged by both countries, as they seek to win international sympathy and shore up public support at home. And a commonly-held view in Thailand is that they are losing."The perception is that Cambodia has appeared more agile, more assertive and more media savvy," said Clare Patchimanon, speaking on the Thai Public Broadcasting System podcast Media Pulse. "Thailand has always been one step behind."The century-old border dispute dramatically escalated with a Cambodian rocket barrage into Thailand on the morning of 24 July, followed by Thai air strikes.Since then an army of Cambodian social media warriors, backed by state-controlled...
August 21, 2025

A fierce war of words keeps Thailand and Cambodia on edge

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