Disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among the impacts of the war in Ukraine that will slow economies in Asia in coming months, the World Bank says…
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late on Tuesday revoked the emergency rule ordinance that had gone into effect on 1 April, even as the government struggled to quell protests amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades.
US President Joe Biden on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes and called for a trial, adding to the global outcry over civilian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha…
A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.
The major Chinese financial centre of Shanghai extended restrictions on transportation on Tuesday after a day of intensive city-wide testing saw new COVID-19 cases surge to more than 13,000…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has proposed former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker Prime Minister, reported Radio Pakistan.
The Chinese Air Force recently organized a cross-regional manoeuvre exercise that saw several types of fighter jets flying across more than 5,000 kilometres in less than 20 hours, state media said.
Sri Lanka is turning off street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and halted trading on its main stock market.
The United States hit a series of Russian tech firms with sanctions Thursday, including the nation’s largest chip maker, in the latest economic punishment for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.