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US-China relations: military tensions continue to rise over Taiwan
Warplanes from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and the United States gathered southwest of Taiwan at the same time this week as a US...
Japan feels diplomatic squeeze as US-China tensions rise
China and Japan have decades of experience in managing their regular diplomatic crises, but escalating tensions over Taiwan and territorial disputes in the...
Asian-Americans rally in New York to condemn racism following rise in hate crimes
Grace Lee is afraid to leave her home at night in New York City’s financial district.Like many of the city’s 1.9 million Asian-Americans,...
Malaysia’s getting hotter. Can its leaders rise to the climate challenge?
Malaysia’s cities are heating up – recording temperature increases of up to 6.7 degrees Celsius over the last two decades, according to a...
China’s coal consumption set to rise in 2021 despite Beijing’s carbon neutral goal
China’s coal consumption is expected to continue rising in 2021 despite Beijing’s pledges to boost the use of clean energy and curb greenhouse...
Covid-19: SA’s death toll breaks 30 000 as cases continue to rise
Health workers in PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Africa breached the 30 000 mark for Covid-19-related deaths.
With another 434 deaths recorded, the...
YouTube celebrates Afrobeats’ rise with Burna Boy Spotlight Story Launch
YouTube yesterday 26 march 2019 launched its Spotlight Story documentary on Nigerian Afro-fusion singer and songwriter Burna Boy.Having catapulted to fame with the...
FG insists HND graduates can’t rise above grade level 14 in civil service
Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has stated that Higher National Diploma...