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Analysts suggest Chinese leader may be reluctant to give neighbouring rival India the spotlightJoe Biden has said he hopes Xi Jinping will attend the G20 leaders summit in India next week, following reports the Chinese president will skip the meeting.“…
Group warns that if its financial performance ‘continues to deteriorate’ it faces possible default after huge half-year losses Embattled Chinese developer Country Garden reported a 48.9bn yuan ($6.7bn) loss for the first half of the year in a stock exc…
Leader replaces Pak Su-il with defence minister, Gen Ri Yong-gil, and urges further military drillsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un dismissed the military’s top general and called for more preparations for the possibility of war, a boost in weapons prod…
Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’Japan’s prime minister has hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Around 140…
‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence ministerJoining China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was an “atrocious” decision, Italy’s defence minister has said, and the i…
Drones at military parade were said to have similar look to US drones as Japan warns that Kim Jong-un’s regime posed a more serious threat than everNorth Korea has carried out demonstration flights of new military drones, state media reported, as leade…
Cyclone Biparjoy, which means ‘disaster’ in Bengali, is expected to make landfall on Thursday eveningMore than 100,000 people have been evacuated in India and Pakistan ahead of the expected landfall on Thursday of a “very severe cyclonic storm”.Biparjo…
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPsBritain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as par…
Previous Fijian government signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011 enabling its police officers to undergo training in ChinaChina’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsThe Fijian prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has said a police ex…
Dictator visits assembly facility as state media says satellite will be ready for loading after final checks Kim Jong-un has inspected North Korea’s first military spy satellite and given the go-ahead for its “future action plan”, according to state me…
Record-breaking rainfall hit Auckland in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North Island in FebruaryThe New Zealand government is allocating NZ$1.1bn to help communities recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and flooding.The funds …
Santiago Peña of the Colorado party is elected, defeating Efraín Alegre who wanted to switch diplomatic recognition to ChinaParaguay’s ruling party candidate, Santiago Peña, 44, has scored a big win in the presidential election, tightening the conserva…
US thinktank and Reagan Foundation targeted, as well as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, in row over President Tsai Ing-wen’s tripChina–Taiwan tensions explained in 30 secondsChina has imposed sanctions on US figures linked to the Taiwan preside…
Defence minister says government ‘willing to explore’ participating in ‘pillar two’ of defence deal founded by Australia, UK and USNew Zealand’s government has confirmed it is discussing joining the non-nuclear part of the Aukus alliance founded by Aus…
Patrick Amadon, whose work flashed up names from pro-democracy protests, says it had to be taken down ‘to be a completed piece’A Hong Kong department store took down a digital artwork that contained hidden references to jailed free-speech defenders, in…