It’s not just Russia – China’s also contributing to higher inflation worldwide, report says
Russia is guilty of creating a food security crisis and higher energy prices through its war with Ukraine, but China has — under the radar — also taken actions in three areas that are exacerbating inflation worldwide, said the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
“Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken a shocking toll on the region,” wrote PIIE...
EU demands ‘proper answer’ over detained staffer in China
The European Union has demanded a "proper answer" from Chinese authorities over the arrest of a local employee at its Beijing mission who has been held for eight months.
The EU Delegation in China staffer was detained by police in September 2021, the bloc confirmed in an emailed statement.
"Despite multiple...
‘Like Wuhan all over again’: As Shanghai protests, China censors
April was, by all accounts, a cruel month for the residents of Shanghai.
As an Omicron-induced outbreak of COVID-19 swept across China’s biggest city, millions of people were confined to their homes.
In an eerie echo of the lockdown imposed on the central city of Wuhan in 2020 after the virus...
Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities.
Chaoyang, one of the city's largest districts, announced Sunday that it would launch...
Afghan refugees ‘stranded with no idea of future life’
Eight months since thousands of Afghans fled from the Taliban and arrived in the UK, many are still living in hotels.
Others are stranded in Afghanistan, desperate to get out.
Earlier this year, the Home Office said about 37,000 asylum seekers and refugees were living in hotels across the UK at...
Pakistan to cut expenditures, development funds to revive IMF programme
Pakistan will need to cut expenditures and development funds to try and revive an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Wednesday.
"We will seek revival of the IMF programme, and we will, God willing, do belt tightening, and cut PSDP (Public Sector Development Funds)," Ismail told a news conference...
Rwanda jails Chinese national for torturing mine workers
A Chinese national has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for torturing local mineworkers in Rwanda after a video showing him whipping a man tied to a post went viral on social media.
Sun Shujun, the manager of a mine in the west of the country, was convicted on Tuesday along with an...
U.S. concerned after China says it signs security pact with Solomon Islands
China said on Tuesday it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a move set to heighten concerns of the United States and allies Australia and New Zealand about growing Chinese influence in a region traditionally under their sway.
However, Solomon Islands officials earlier appeared to suggest no agreement had yet been...
UN condemns bomb attacks on schools in Afghanistan
The United Nations has condemned the deadly bomb blasts on Tuesday at two educational institutions in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, which killed at least 6 people and wounded nearly 20 others.
The explosions took place at the all-boys Abdul Rahim Shahid high school and the Mumtaz Education Centre several kilometres away, both located in the...
At least six dead as multiple explosions hit Kabul schools
At least six people have been killed and 11 others injured after multiple explosions rocked a high school and educational center in western Kabul on Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear how many of the dead were students, but seven injured children were taken to a hospital run by the NGO Emergency, the organization...