Return to China will require a resolution of Peng Shuai case, says Women’s Tennis Association
Return to China will require a resolution of Peng Shuai case, says Women’s Tennis Association Governing body of women’s tennis says it wants to meet Peng in person before it resumes tournaments in China The return of WTA tournaments to China in 2023 will hinge on a resolution to the Peng Shuai issue, with the […]
Cheers wins praise for swift action against
Cheers has dismissed an employee who was involved in a dispute with the police at its Lau Pa Sat outlet on New Year’s Day under the directive of FairPrice, according to an updated Facebook post this afternoon by Cheers on the situation. In its updated statement, a FairPrice spokesperson said that Cheers immediately placed the […]
Belift Lab warns against unauthorized ENHYPEN-related fan event in PH
MANILA, Philippines – Belift Lab, agency of K-pop boy group ENHYPEN, issued a warning against an unauthorized paid fan event that will be held in the Philippines. In an email notice issued on Thursday, January 5, Belift Lab announced that the upcoming event “sold tickets by using the content of BELIFT LAB without our authorization.” […]
Epson to Create In-Store Experience with Café at NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show
Epson’s Most Advanced Retail and POS Solutions on Display LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Epson today announced it will be demonstrating retail point of sales and back office solutions at NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show from Jan. 15-17, 2023. Epson will showcase its latest innovative products designed for retail businesses that offer […]
Tech, property shares lift Hong Kong stocks as recovery hopes brighten
Hong Kong stocks on Wednesday jumped to their highest since July, while China stocks extended gains, as hopes of a post-COVID recovery, along with supportive policies for real estate and tech companies, boosted the market. ** China’s blue-chip CSI 300 index rose 0.13%, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.22%. ** The Hang Seng index […]
China Covid numbers ‘not very credible’, says WHO; asks for ‘more realistic picture’ of outbreak
Health workers wait for people to scan a health code to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in China. AFP London: Leading scientists advising World Health Organisation (WHO) have asked China to provide a “more realistic picture” of the Covid situation in the country. Top Chinese scientists were invited to a virtual closed meeting with WHO’s […]
PublicNext has been selected as a recipient of the Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge (Asia Pacific) along with funding from Google
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/PNN): The GNI Innovation Challenges ’empower news organizations from around the world that pioneer new thinking in digital journalism, develop new paths to sustainability and better understand their communities.’ This as a unique achievement with one of the top organizations in the world in the face of tremendous professional and […]
Malaysian comms and digital minister looks in
Malaysia’s communications and digital minister, Fahmi Fadzil, has asked two agencies to look into the data leak that compromised the personal data of around 13 million account holders. According to media reports on Channel NewsAsia (CNA), the issue was brought to the minister’s attention by a twitter user who tagged the minister in tweets about […]
Xinhua Silk Road: Cultural fair showcases digital transformation of China’s cultural industry
BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2023 /CNW/ — The ongoing 18th China(Shenzhen) International Industries Fair, which showcased achievements of the digitalization strategy for cultural industry, has attracted a number of high-tech enterprises in the fields of 5G, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to participate in. The 14th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Development, released in 2022, […]
Why the return of a communist prime minister in Nepal has raised concern in Delhi
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ | Reuters Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as “Prachanda”, returned as Nepal’s prime minister on December 26 after joining hands with former premier KP Sharma Oli. Prachanda and Oli lead the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), respectively. The Prachanda-Oli […]
Canada is picking up the political radicalization bug from the U.S., new report warns
A U.S.-based research group that specializes in gauging geopolitical risk says Canada is showing signs of the same political contagion and polarization that has afflicted American politics. The warning is contained in Eurasia Group’s annual “Top Risk” report for the new year, released Tuesday. While Canada does not make the consultancy’s “Top 10” in terms of geopolitical […]
China says Covid-19 rules on national travellers abroad ‘unacceptable’, warns countries of ‘countermeasures’
Travellers of a flight from China enter the COVID-19 testing centre of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris. AFP. Beijing: China condemned mandatory Covid-19 test requirements by around a dozen countries on passengers travelling abroad from its territory and warned that the decision could take “countermeasures” in response. The United States, India, Canada, France […]
Investigation, division, gridlock: What’s in store for US Congress in 2023?
A new batch of US lawmakers will be seated in Congress on Tuesday. AFP Washington: After two years of one-party control, a fresh intake of US lawmakers will be seated Tuesday in a Congress divided between a Democrat-led Senate and a House of Representatives with Republicans behind the wheel. Despite its razor-thin majorities, the 2021-23 […]
Leave Tokyo to get million yen per child: Japan’s lucrative offer to families comes with conditions
Image used for representational purpose. AP Tokyo: In a bid to depopulate the metropolitan city of Tokyo, the Japanese government will offer one million yen per child to families who move out of greater Tokyo. The new rule will be applied in April this year and is an increase from the previous 300,000 yen financial […]
Phuket-bound IndiGo plane returns to Delhi due to hydraulic system failure
New Delhi: An IndiGo plane enroute to Phuket suffered a hydraulic system problem and returned to Delhi airport on Tuesday morning, according to officials. The A320 neo plane, which left for Phuket in Thailand at around 6.25 am, returned to the airport here at about 7.20 am due to hydraulic failure, airport sources said. The […]
South Korea reconfirms talks with US on nuclear asset management
Representational image. AP Seoul, South Korea: South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The difference came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un […]
Gloom and boom: Fund managers’ top picks for 2023
Jan 3 (Reuters) – King Dollar’s reign (definitely) coming to an end, bonds bouncing and emerging markets rising again are just some of the trades international money managers are betting on in 2023. Sky-high inflation and the global gut-punch of nearly 300 central bank interest rate hikes over the last 12 months are putting the […]
EU imported six times fossil fuel energy from Russia than India since February 2022, states EAM Jaishankar
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that Europe has imported six times the fossil fuel energy from Russia than India has done since February 2022 and if a $60,000-per-capita society feels it needs to look after itself, “they should not expect a $2,000-per-capita society to take a hit.” A New York Times […]
China’s Xi Jinping has a plot to infect the world, spread new Covid-19 variant, warns Mike Pompeo
China Covid situation worsens. AP Washington: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping has a plot to infect the world and spread a new Covid-19 variant. He insisted that the US and other nations should shut down accepting travel from Beijing. The former Trump official told radio host John […]
Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll in the massive floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has climbed to 51, with 19 others missing, the national disaster response agency said Monday, as affected residents struggle to get back on their feet. Photos on social media showed residents in Misamis Occidental […]
Readers sound off on suicide prevention, Chinese travelers and extradition
Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Re “We don’t ‘prevent suicide’,” (Dec. 25): It’s great that Twitter restored its suicide-prevention tool, but Twitter and other companies should be doing more to prevent suicide, not simply restoring an inadequate status quo. One easy way to do that would be to expand the range of search terms that return suicide prevention […]
Opinion | Why the Western Calendar Endured in India
New Year revelry has never been my mug of coffee (since I don’t take any harder drinks associated with the bash). The call of letting one’s wild side out in the public always appalls me. Revelry is at best urban schizophrenia, through which pubs and purveyors rake in the moolah. However, there is a more […]
What dominates Chinese chatter on India-economy, cheaper medicine
Chinascope is on a break from the weekly coverage of news stories from China. Instead, we look at the stories and topics about India that dominate the chatter on Chinese social media. If we look at the Indian views on China, the security relations at the border dominate the news cycles and social media discussions. […]
Canada, Australia impose COVID rules on travellers from China
Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travellers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. Australian health authorities said Sunday that from January 5 […]
Problem with China an ‘intense challenge’ for India, says Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. Twitter/ @DrSJaishankar Vienna, Austria: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday described the problem with China as an “intense challenge” and took a dig at Pakistan and said that the problem of cross-border terrorism from Islamabad is still continuing. While interacting with the Indian diaspora in Vienna, Jaishankar said, […]
India enhanced overall military capability in 2022
New Delhi: India embarked on a major overdrive in 2022 to significantly bolster its overall military prowess and focused on its strategic goals in South Asia as a fresh attempt of transgression in the Tawang sector by the Chinese troops amid the unresolved eastern Ladakh border standoff renewed the focus on the looming threat from […]
Canada, Australia impose COVID rules on travelers from China
BEIJING – Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. Australian health authorities said Sunday that from […]
The Twitter Files should disturb liberal critics of Elon Musk – and here’s why
The Twitter Files should disturb liberal critics of Elon Musk – and here’s why Kenan Malik Leaked messages show an unhealthy link between social media and state security Half the room is jumping up and down, screaming “Gotcha!”. The other half shrugs its shoulders, muttering “So what’s new?”. Welcome to the war over the so-called […]