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US, China, Russia join ASEAN summit amid regional disputes-
By Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR: President Joe Biden and China’s Premier Li Keqiang will join an annual summit of 18 ...
Vietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools-
By Associated Press HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after ...
Gulf Arab states, squeezed by climate change, still tout oil-
By Associated Press RIYADH: The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi ...
US set to appeal UK refusal to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange-
By Associated Press LONDON: The US government is scheduled to ask Britain’s High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge’s ...
Sudan strongman is seen as an insider with powerful allies-
By Associated Press CAIRO: The general leading Sudan’s coup has vowed to usher the country to an elected government. But Abdel-Fattah ...
Sri Lankan President appoints task force led by controversial monk for ‘One Country One Law’-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 13-member task force, headed by a hardline Buddhist monk ...
Brazil senators recommend Jair Bolsonaro face charges over COVID-19-
By Associated Press BRASILIA: A Brazilian Senate committee recommended on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal ...
Singapore’s labour short companies applaud govt’s move to allow workers from India, South Asia-
By PTI SINGAPORE: Companies in Singapore have applauded the government’s move to reopen borders to India, Bangladesh and other South ...
Israel’s new envoy presents credentials to President Kov-
By ANI TEL AVIV: Israel’s new Ambassador Naor Gilon presented his Letters of Credence to President Ram Nath Kovind at ...
US’ former diplomat to UN Nikki Haley, Congresman Waltz call for alliance with India-
By PTI WASHINGTON: America’s former envoy to the UN Nikki Haley and a powerful Republican lawmaker, Mike Waltz, have called for ...