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The budget hike was announced by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the country's Parliament, the National People's Congress. (AP)

China hikes defence budget to USD 209 billion, 6.8 per cent increase

China's annual defence budget maintains a single-digit growth for a sixth consecutive year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported

05 Mar 2021 12:14 PM

Anti-coup protesters with makeshift shields stand in Yangon, Myanmar on March 3, 2021. (AP)

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

The increasingly deadly violence could galvanise the international community, which has responded fitfully so far

04 Mar 2021 10:41 AM

Buddhist monks lead an anti-coup protest march in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb. 27, 2021. 'CRPH' in the placards stand for 'Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.' (AP)

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face court after deadly crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to streets regularly over the past month to oppose the coup

01 Mar 2021 11:31 AM

Anti-coup protesters display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, February 25, 2021. Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmar's military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the army's seizure of power on Feb. 1. (AP)

Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts citing the coup

The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities controlled by the armed forces on both Facebook and Instagram

25 Feb 2021 11:31 AM

Donald Trump with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP file photo)

Trump 'offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One'

During the Singapore summit, Trump gave Kim a glimpse inside his presidential state car in a show of their newly friendly rapport

22 Feb 2021 11:15 AM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers his opening remarks at the Lanting Forum on bringing China-U.S. relations back to the right track, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing on Monday, February 22, 2021. (AP /Andy Wong)

China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference

China faces more opposition than ever in Washington due to its trade record, territorial disputes with neighbours

22 Feb 2021 10:54 AM

15 Chinese biggies among portfolio investors

People's Bank Of China is also registered as a category 1 FPI

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hands over 100,000 additional doses of COVID vaccine to Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Health Minister Kerafa Naseem. (PTI)

India gifts another 1 lakh COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives

This takes the overall gift of Covid vaccine doses for the Maldives to two lakh from India since New Delhi had gifted one lakh doses earlier

21 Feb 2021 4:35 AM

In this undated handout photograph released by the Indian Army on February 16, 2021 shows People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India-China border in Ladakh. (Indian Ministry of Defence / AFP)

China admits 5 military officers, soldiers killed in Galwan clash with Indian Army

This is the first time China has acknowledged casualties and details of these officers and soldiers' sacrifice

19 Feb 2021 10:34 AM

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

EXPLAINER: What's up between Google, Facebook and Australia?

Google has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said it blocked users in the country from viewing or sharing

18 Feb 2021 10:55 PM

China says disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in eastern Ladakh going on smoothly

After nine months of border standoff in eastern Ladakh, the two armies reached an agreement on disengagement

18 Feb 2021 9:26 PM

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional charge

Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to end military rule

18 Feb 2021 12:16 AM

Protesters hold signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they block a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 17, 2021. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Thousands rally in Myanmar's Yangon despite military build up

UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he feared the situation was spiralling out of control

17 Feb 2021 11:57 AM

Protesters carried signs urging people to boycott businesses linked to the military (AP)

Myanmar anti-coup protesters keep pressure on junta

They accuse Beijing of propping up the military regime and applaud Washington's actions sanctioning the military

14 Feb 2021 6:34 PM

In this file photo taken on October 30, 2017 people pass the entrance of the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London. - BBC on Thursday February 11, says it is 'disappointed' at China banning its news channel. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

BBC World News barred from airing in China - regulator

English-language BBC World News is not included in most TV channel packages in China but is available in some hotels and residences

12 Feb 2021 1:05 AM

Mountaineers received expedition certificates during the spring season of 2016 without successfully climbing the world's highest mountain, picture usedfor representational purposes only (Image source: AFP)

Nepal bans three Indian climbers for six years for faking Mt Everest summit

The climbers had received the certificates of climbing the 8,848.86m mountain by submitting false details to the Department of Tourism

11 Feb 2021 6:18 PM

Members of the World Health Organisation (Image source: AP)

What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

The visit was politically sensitive for China which is concerned about any allegations it didn't handle the initial outbreak properly

10 Feb 2021 9:45 PM

Picture used for representational purposes only (Image source: File Image)

WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus

The experts spent one month in China, two weeks in quarantine and the same again on fieldwork

09 Feb 2021 6:15 PM

In this image from video, protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they march in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, February 6, 2021. (AP)

Thousands protest army takeover in Myanmar's biggest city

The U.S. Embassy called on the military to give up power, restore the democratically elected government and release those detained

07 Feb 2021 11:13 AM

Beijing strongly denies accusations of abuse in Xinjiang, and has said the complexes it set up in the region provided vocational training to help stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism, and to teach new skills. (Representatinal image : AP/file photo)

Women detained in China's Xinjiang allegedly raped, sexually abused: BBC

The United States accuses China of committing genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang

04 Feb 2021 1:19 PM

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