John Lee, the only candidate in the Beijing-backed race to appoint Hong Kong's next leader, says it is "high time" Hong Kong starts a "new chapter" after receiving 99 percent of the vote from the small "election committee" made up of of 1,461 people. Lee is a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, and is currently under US sanctions.
The United States is considering "investment support" of $4 billion for India on top of billions of dollars extended earlier, New Delhi said on Monday after the two sides signed an agreement to keep such money flowing. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) or its predecessor agencies have so far provided India with $5.8 billion, of which $2.9 billion is outstanding, for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing, healthcare, renewable energy, financial inclusion and infrastructure. "Proposals worth $4 billion are under consideration by DFC for providing investment support in India," India's Ministry of Finance said as officials from the two countries met in Tokyo where their leaders will hold a summit on Tuesday.
Among the cities now actively promoting cycling as a mode of transport and a leisure activity is Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In fact, the city sets an example at European level, along with Amsterdam, of course. The aim of the municipality is above all to create a more harmonious and pleasant city to live in, and this is achieved by promoting softer modes of transport, starting with cycling.
The panting Ukrainian soldier gripping a Kalashnikov with fear blazing in his eyes had not moved a step from his roadside ditch for five hours.
After 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II seems more popular than ever. And she is proving especially popular on TikTok, where many users have taken to royal watching, sharing their analysis of the British royal family and its influence with updates and explainers.
There will be an “adverse impact” on the prices of chicken and related products in Singapore, the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) said.
One person is suspected to have died after an heart attack after jumping into the sea
At the height of his career, Vietnamese hacker Ngo Minh Hieu made a fortune stealing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans.
Labor leader in tight position after China said dialogue with US, India and Japan would be test of new Australian prime minister’s ‘political wisdom’Election 2022 results: live votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing Anthony Albanese expects the relationship with China to ‘remain a difficult one’ but says the government will pursue Australia’s national interest without politicising national security. Photograph: Reuters
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
Most stalls still have their shutters down but the reopening of the market in Bucha marks a return to a semblance of normality for this Ukrainian town now synonymous with war crimes.
Nazia said she had lost four children to malnutrition — two daughters and two sons under 2 years old
Flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes in the past 10 days, officials said on Tuesday. The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world which flows from Tibet to India and finally into Bangladesh, burst its banks in Assam, inundating more than 1,800 villages in 26 districts this month.
India's export duty hikes and tax cuts will likely hurt economic growth and raise the chances of the fiscal deficit widening, but do little to bring down retail prices within the central bank's tolerance level, economists and industry officials said. Over the past month, India's fiscal and monetary policy have U-turned from being growth-focused to honing in on inflation - with the central bank raising the key interest rate by 40 basis points, and the government cutting taxes on fuel and disincentivising exports. "The measures announced mark a tacit admission by the government that both fiscal and monetary policies are set to be deployed to bring inflation down," said Sonal Varma, an analyst at Nomura.
Lebanese law student Charbel Chaaya spent the election campaign distributing flyers in Beirut and trying to convince his parents to vote for independents to shake the grip of established parties.
Google celebrated on Tuesday 15 years since it kicked off its mammoth and hugely controversial effort to photograph streets in minute detail across the globe.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang has sent a congratulatory note to newly elected Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, Beijing's state media reported, ending a year-long freeze in diplomatic contact between the two countries.
India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that a crude oil price of $110 a barrel was not sustainable, as the world faces an energy price crisis which is contributing to rising global inflation. Oil prices have surged this year, with Brent crude hitting $139 a barrel in March for its highest price since 2008, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine exacerbated supply concerns. As countries around the world struggle with the impact of inflation on disposable income, India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on the same WEF panel that food inflation in the South Asian country was at a "manageable level".
A Kyiv court on Monday found a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian guilty of war crimes and handed him a life sentence, in the first verdict against Moscow's forces since their invasion.
Marking the end of an era, New York City on Monday removed the last of its storied payphone booths, which have fallen victim to the ubiquity of free Wi-fi and cell phones in recent years.
