Japanese ex-PM Mori to resign from the Tokyo Olympic chief post after sexist remarks
TOKYO, Feb 11, 2021, The Mainichi. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of…
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India, China agree to pull back troops from disputed Himalayan lake
NEW DELHI, Feb 11, 2021, Reuters. India and China have agreed to pull back troops…
Biden, China’s Xi speak for first time since US election
WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 11, 2021, VOA. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping…
N. Korean hackers stole more than $300M to pay for nuclear weapons
NEW YORK, Feb 9, 2021, CNN. North Korea’s army of hackers stole hundreds of millions…
South Korea’s new top diplomat says confident about US coordination over N. Korea
SEOUL, Feb 9, 2021, Reuters. South Korea’s new foreign minister said on Tuesday he was…
China blocks Clubhouse, app used for political discussion
BEIJING, Feb 9, 2021, AP. Chinese authorities are blocking access to Clubhouse, a social media…
[Analytics] US-China reset – and the Philippines
After four years of US-Sino tensions, the Biden administration could speed up US recovery while…
Rescue workers looking for 177 people feared dead after part of a glacier fell into a river
NEW DELHI, Feb 8, 2021, CNN. At least 177 people are missing and 20 have…
Politicizing Covid-19 origin-tracing against spirit of humanitarianism: Chinese ambassador
WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 7, 2021, Xinhua. It is against the spirit of humanitarianism to politicize…
Taiwan January exports rocket to record high, outlook rosy
TAIPEI, Feb 8, 2021, Reuters. Taiwan’s exports rose in January for the seventh consecutive month,…
UN rights office urges ‘maximum restraint’ in ongoing protests in India
UN, Fen 7, 2021, UN News. In a Tweet on Friday, OHCHR also highlighted the…
4G mobile internet services being restored in entire Jammu and Kashmir after nearly 2 years
NEW DELHI, Feb 6, 2021, India Today. After being suspended for close to two years,…