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New retrial ordered for South Korea ex-leader Park

1:44 pm November 28, 2019

Seoul: South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a second retrial for disgraced former president Park Geun-hye, seeking heavier punishment for illegally taking money from the country’s spy agency. Park, the country’s first female president, was impeached in 2017 after huge street protests over a sprawling scandal, and already faces a separate retrial for corruption […]

China says it has met its carbon reduction goal early

8:38 pm November 27, 2019

Beijing: China has realised its 2020 target for reducing carbon emissions ahead of schedule, the ecology and environment ministry reported Wednesday. The ministry said China’s CO2 emissions per unit of GDP had fallen last year by 4 per cent from a year earlier to stand at 45.8 per cent less than in 2005. Vice Minister […]

Pak security agency foils terror plot; arrests 3 AQIS militants

8:35 pm November 27, 2019

Lahore: Pakistan’s counter-terrorism agency on Wednesday said it foiled a plot to target the offices of an intelligence agency and sensitive installations in the south of Punjab province and arrested three terrorists of Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS). In a statement, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police said its unit in Dera Ghazi […]

Hong Kong leader admits vote revealed ‘unhappiness’ with govt

8:23 am November 26, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader Carrie Lam acknowledged Tuesday that a crushing defeat for the city’s pro-Beijing establishment in weekend polls revealed public discontent over her government’s handling of months of political unrest. The elections showed concern over “deficiencies in the government, including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current […]

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day state visit to India

Sri Lanka won’t do anything that will harm India’s interests: Prez Rajapaksa

7:33 pm November 25, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka will work with India and it won’t do anything that will harm its interests, newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said ahead of his visit to New Delhi later this week. Rajapaksa, who is considered pro-China, said he wanted Sri Lanka to be a “neutral country” and work with all the countries. […]