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This file photo taken on 29 June, 2017 shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking upon his arrival at Hong Kong's international airport. Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city's handover to China, state media Xinhua News Agency reported on 25 June, 2022

Hong Kong on high alert as Xi Jinping visit expected

Chinese president Xi Jinping is expected to visit Hong Kong Thursday, prompting a massive security effort ahead of celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to communist China

People walking on a submerged road in Sylhet

Nearly 1 in 4 globally at risk from severe flooding: Study

Overall, nearly 90 per cent of those exposed to inundations live in lower or middle income countries, according to the study

A worker inspects solar panels at a solar farm in Dunhuang, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province on 16 September 2013.

US suspending solar panel tariffs on four Asian nations, not China

US president Joe Biden on Monday will suspend tariffs for two years on solar panel imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam -- but not China -- as the US seeks to boost domestic clean ...

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Asian shares fall on inflation, recession concerns; oil skids

Asian share markets fell on Thursday on widespread investor worries over high inflation and the threat of recession, while oil prices slumped following a report of reassurances from Saudi Arabia over ...

US President Joe Biden (C), Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio (2nd-R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) hold a meeting during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on 24 May, 2022

Japan hosts Quad summit seeking unity on countering China

Leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States met in Tokyo on Tuesday, looking to put China on notice as it expands its military and economic influence in the region

US president Joe Biden

Biden begins Asia trip in S Korea, under North nuclear shadow

US President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea Friday, his first Asia trip as US leader, aiming to cement ties with regional security allies despite growing fears of a North Korean nuclear test

US President Joe Biden speaks to an audience at United Performance Metals on 6 May 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Joe Biden set for first Asia trip

The administration wants not so much to confront China on the trip as to use Biden’s diplomacy to show that the West and its Asian partners will not be divided and weakened, said Sullivan

US President Joe Biden (C) arrives with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a group photo on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on 12 May 2022.

Biden welcomes Southeast Asian leaders with energy, maritime pledges

President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed Southeast Asian leaders to Washington with promises to support clean energy and maritime security, hoping to showcase a US commitment as China makes wide ...

Asian economic powers warn of risks from war, monetary policy normalisation

Asian economic powers warn of risks from war, monetary policy normalisation

East Asian economic leaders warned on Thursday of risks to the region's outlook and pledged to remain committed to market stability and sound fiscal policy

Sholakia hosts Asia’s largest Eid Jamaat

Sholakia hosts Asia’s largest Eid Jamaat

After the Eid Jamaat, the deputy commissioner and Eidgah Management Committee president Mohammad Shamim Alam told journalists that around 300,000 devotees participated in the congregation

Japanese companies in Bangladesh top export ratio list: JETRO

Japanese companies in Bangladesh top export ratio list: JETRO

Export ratio of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh is atop among the Asia and Oceania countries as the ratio of exports to total sales by Japanese companies has stood at 65.4 percent, said ...

In this image released by the White House, US President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin from the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland, on 12 February 2022

US moving strongly on Asia-Pacific despite Russia crisis: Biden

US president Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States is forging "strongly" ahead on its growing Asia-Pacific focus, despite the crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A view of war torn Yemen.

Yemen war turns nature reserve back into waste dump

Yemen’s Al-Heswa nature reserve was once hailed as a beacon of conservation efforts by the United Nations, but civil war has turned it into a rubbish-strewn wasteland reeking of sewage

ran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh addresses a press conference in Tehran, on 14 March, 2022

Iran foils ‘sabotage’ at nuclear enrichment plant: state media

Iranian authorities have arrested members of a network linked to Israel who tried to sabotage a key nuclear enrichment plant, state media reported Monday

A farmer sprays pesticides to the potato field. The picture was taken from Alirtek in Narayanganj on 8 February.

Asian farmers turn to drones, apps for labour, climate challenges

The trend towards data-based precision agriculture and other digital tools is being driven by demographic changes, technological advances and climate change

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