SINGAPORE — Recent vehicle purchasing incentives (such as a scrappage scheme) announced by the Indian government and high fuel prices in…
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BRUSSELS — The United Kingdom and the European Union on June 21 imposed fresh sanctions on Myanmar state-owned entities and individuals related to…
LONDON — On the issue of Ahmadi Muslims being a frequent target of blasphemy laws in Pakistan, Knox Thames, a former U.S.…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — China Railway Construction Corporation, a Chinese firm based in Beijing working on a project in Nepal’s Sindhupalchok district,…
HOBART, Australia — After a year off because of coronavirus, Hobart’s Dark Mofo nude winter solstice swim has returned to a nippy River…
CANBERRA, Australia — Environment Minister Sussan Ley is digging in on net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 despite the new deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce‘s opposition. “Net-zero…
BRISBANE, Australia — The Australian state of Queensland has recorded one new case of community transmission of Covid-19 linked to an…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Federal resources minister Keith Pitt has folded a bill that would have locked South Australia’s Kimba community for a nuclear waste…
SYDNEY — The bill for New South Wales’ Covid-19 management has reached an Au$4 billion ($3 billion), with another Au$1.1 billion…
SYDNEY — Detectives are hunting three men they believe are involved in the kidnapping of former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill.…