REPLAY: Japanese Lawmakers Confirm Sanae Takaichi as Prime Minister
Japanese lawmakers confirm Sanae Takaichi as prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Feb. 18 following her party’s landslide election victory. … Read More
China widens anti-corruption net to catch ‘quasi-naked officials’
Beijing has quietly tightened restrictions on officials with family members overseas in the past year as part of a sweeping anti-corruption drive, according to...
Russia demands ‘concrete’ proof that it poisoned Navalny with dart frog toxin
Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to...
Chinese coastguard reveals growing reliance on drones at Scarborough Shoal
A Lunar New Year post from the Chinese coastguard on Wednesday provided a rare glimpse at how aerial drones have become essential to daily...
China targets foreign tourists for Lunar New Year ‘consumption feast’
China is gearing up to harness the extended Lunar New Year holiday to attract more spending by international tourists, as the country looks to...
India, France elevate defence ties in push for strategic autonomy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron have upgraded their countries’ defence ties, a move analysts say signals New Delhi’s drive...
Why Europe must accept blame for erosion of the global order
At the opening of the Munich Security Conference this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that the rules-based international order is eroding before our...
Australian citizen in Syria with alleged Isis ties banned from returning home
Canberra banned an Australian citizen with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State (Isis) group from returning home from a detention camp in Syria,...
12 killed in China’s second deadly Lunar New Year firework explosion
Twelve people were killed in an explosion at a firework shop in Hubei in central China on Wednesday, just days after eight people died...