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Xi praises visiting Kim for Trump summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered high praise to visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday, lauding the "positive" outcome of
19 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump ratchets up China trade conflict with fresh tariff threat
US President Donald Trump threatens to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, prompting a swift warning from Beijing of retaliation, as the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies quickly escalated.
19 June 2018, 08:55 AM
Google to invest $550m in JD
Chinese e-commerce giant JD and US tech giant Google Inc announces that Google will invest $550 million in cash in JD, as part of a strategic partnership.
19 June 2018, 05:13 AM
Across Asia's borders, trafficking survivors dial in for justice
When Neha Maldar testifies against the traffickers who enslaved her as a sex worker in India, she spoke about the safety of her own country, Bangladesh, via video conferencing, a technology that could revolutionise the pursuit of justice in such cases.
19 June 2018, 04:30 AM
Journos mark six months in detention
A Myanmar police investigator failed to show up at court on Tuesday to testify as a prosecution witness against two Reuters reporters
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Top Malaysian officials quit as new govt cleans house
Malaysia's top two judges and its election chief are resigning, officials said yesterday, the latest senior public servants to leave their
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
13 killed as boat sinks in Indonesia
At least 13 people died when a passenger boat overloaded with holidaymakers celebrating Eid capsized off the Indonesian island of
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Bend it like Modi
Narendra Modi, whose supporters boast of his physical prowess and indifference to sleep, has shared the secrets to his morning
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Lanka moves to compensate war victims after years of delay
Sri Lanka yesterday announced the first steps in a long-delayed process to compensate victims of the civil war, nearly a decade after
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Pakistan blocks LeT linked party from election
A Pakistani group linked to the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was denied permission yesterday to register as a political party just
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
S Korea ruling party sweeps local polls
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory yesterday in local elections held the day after a historic summit
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Rahul Gandhi vows to fight RSS in court
India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pleaded not guilty yesterday to defaming a powerful Hindu supremacist group closely linked to the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
12 June 2018, 18:00 PM
We have heard this before
Two key words were conspicuous by their absence from the joint statement signed by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their high-profile, soundbite-rich summit in Singapore.
12 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump, Kim agree on denuclearisation, but deal seen symbolic
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledge to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.
12 June 2018, 05:02 AM
Prawns and Haagen-Dazs on menu as Trump-Kim meet
The main course may be hard-to-swallow denuclearisation, but Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un also had a heady mix of Yangzhou fried rice and a dark chocolate tartlet ganache on their plates during their historic summit.
12 June 2018, 04:34 AM
Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Rouhani
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be "earnestly" implemented as he met the country's president following the US withdrawal from the pact, state media said yesterday.
11 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Cyber addiction: We can do more to help our children
It is said too much of a good thing is bad thing. And the internet and technology are most certainly good things.
11 June 2018, 09:40 AM
Two-year stint only a suggestion: Mahathir
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said that his stint at the premiership could be extended beyond the two years
10 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Xi rejects 'selfish' trade policies
Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, yesterday said China
10 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrive in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace.
10 June 2018, 07:41 AM