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"HARD TO DRAW SOLID CONCLUSIONS" Hu's exit came just before the 2,300 delegates at the Congress voted unanimously to endorse Xi's "core" leadership position. "We still don't know what caused...

Silver prices are down 9 per cent since the start of the year in India, with futures trading at about 56,000 rupees (US$675) per kilogram. This is about 40 per...

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed on Saturday (Oct 22) to strengthen security ties between the two US allies amid China's push for...

SEOUL: A South Korean court on Saturday (Oct 22) issued arrest warrants for a former defence minister and a former coast guard chief over their alleged mishandling of the death...

“In the last general election, we lost 24 federal seats we previously held, just like that. And many of these seats were in the rural Malay heartland,” said Mr Isham,...

HOBART, Australia: Let the race begin. In the upcoming Malaysia General Election (GE15), the best description for competitive seats is “free for all”. The Election Commission on Thursday (Oct 20)...

Ms Zhang added that offerings in the sector have grown in recent years and become increasingly popular with many children. “Earlier on, (the industry) was rather messy. At the time,...

BEIJING: China's ultra-strict COVID-19 curbs are taking a toll on businesses and jobseekers as Beijing stresses again and again the need to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus, to...

This eventually compelled the generals to look further afield for new arms suppliers. Myanmar approached Russia, other East European countries and even North Korea. Myanmar generals purchased Russian MiG-29s after...

“Being labelled as China’s ‘strongman’ after Mao Zedong, Xi has proven himself as a different kind of Chinese leader.  “Through his constant consolidation of power within the party and the...