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A photo captured on 20 September, 2022, shows Chinese Wang Yi presiding over a meeting of Friends of GDI forum in New York where foreign ministers of more than 40 countries were present

Chinese initiative Dhaka weighs GDI’s importance

An inter-ministerial meeting was held at the foreign ministry regarding the prospect of joining GDI. Secretary (east) of the foreign ministry Mashfee Binte Shams presided over the meeting

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on 25 May, 2022, after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan according to South Korea's military.

N Korea fires fourth missile in a week as South flexes military muscle

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Saturday, hours before South Korea staged a large military show, displaying stealth fighters and its own ...

Asian markets tumble further as Fed hikes rates, warns more to come

Asian markets tumble further as Fed hikes rates, warns more to come

Asian markets extended a painful Wall Street sell-off Thursday after the Federal Reserve unveiled a third straight jumbo interest rate hike, said more were in the pipeline, and warned the battle ...

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Asian markets tumble after Powell's rate hike warning

The hefty selling tracked a painful day on Wall Street, where all three main indexes tanked between three and four per cent as investors contemplated an extended period of monetary tightening

This file photo taken on 29 July, 2022 shows US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, holding her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

Pelosi’s Asia tour set to kick off under Taiwan cloud

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to begin her Asia tour Monday in the shadow of diplomatic tensions with China, with no word yet if she will make a stop in Taiwan

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Asian markets drift lower as traders eye big week

Asian markets slipped Monday at the start of a key week for equities as the Federal Reserve prepares to lift interest rates again and some of the world's biggest companies report earnings.

Japan’s prime minister and the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Fumio Kishida watches after placing a red paper rose on a LDP candidate’s name to indicate the victory in the upper house election, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on 10 July, 2022.

Japan's ruling party secures strong win after Abe assassination

Conceding defeat, the opposition leader said it was clear voters did not want to switch from the LDP

Election officials count votes at a ballot counting centre for Japan's upper house election in Tokyo, Japan, 10 July, 2022.

Japan's ruling coalition makes strong election showing after Abe killing

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida's LDP of which Abe remained a senior lawmaker, and its junior partner Komeito were on track to win 69 to 83 of the 125 seats contested in the chamber, up from 69 ...

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

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