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Indian Farmers See Bleak Harvest after Wheat Export Ban

When New Delhi imposed a ban on wheat shipments as prices skyrocketed due to the war in Ukraine, it sparked international outrage and drove the commodity further higher. Farmers and dealers in India are now enraged that they have been denied a profit as local prices have plunged. Despite the ...

3 hours ago

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North Korea Mobilizes Military to Battle Epidemic

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticized top public health sector officials for their “irresponsible work attitude” amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19, ordering the country’s military to help stabilize the situation. Speaking at an emergency politburo meeting on Sunday, Kim Jong-un issued an order “on immediately stabilizing the supply ...

6 days ago

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India Bans Wheat Exports

India has prohibited all exports of wheat with immediate effect, the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Friday. The ministry said the drastic move was necessary due to “a sudden spike in the global prices of wheat arising out of many factors, as a result of which the ...

1 week ago

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Karachi Blast: One Martyred, 13 Wounded in Pakistan

An explosion outside a hotel in Pakistan’s most populous city of Karachi has killed one person, wounding at least 13 others. The blast rocked the city’s busiest commercial area, Saddar, on Thursday, Pakistani media outlets reported. AFP cited Sajjad Khan, a local police officer, as identifying the fatality as a ...

1 week ago

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US Presses Taiwan to Buy Weapons More Suited to Deter a Chinese Invasion

The United States is pressing Taiwan to order American-made weapons that it believes will better repel an invasion by China, rather than expensive equipment that are fine for peacetime operations. US officials warned Taipei in a letter in March that the State Department would reject requests for certain weapons systems ...

2 weeks ago

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China Says It Conducted Exercises near Taiwan

China’s armed forces carried out another round of exercises near Taiwan last week, the People’s Liberation Army said on Monday after the Chinese-claimed island reported a spike in activity. Taiwan has reported frequent Chinese military activity near the island for the past two years, primarily concentrated in the southern and ...

2 weeks ago

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North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile: Japan’s Coast Guard

North Korea fired what could be another ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Saturday, the Japanese Coast Guard said. According to the NHK TV channel, the missile fell in the Sea of Japan outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. North Korea has conducted more than ten missile tests since ...

2 weeks ago

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South Korea’s Spy Agency Joins NATO Cyber Defense Group

South Korea’s state intelligence agency said Thursday it has joined a cyber-defense group under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the first Asian member. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) was formally admitted into the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) based in Tallinn, Estonia, the same day ...

2 weeks ago

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China Hopes for Speedy Conclusion to Ukrainian Conflict

China hopes that the conflict in Ukraine will end as soon as possible and calls on all parties concerned to resolve it diplomatically, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular briefing on Thursday. “China will continue to play a constructive role in the Ukrainian issue. We hope ...

2 weeks ago

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North Korea Fires Unidentified Projectile towards Sea of Japan

North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile on Wednesday towards the Sea of Japan, Yonhap news agency reported citing South Korean military officials. The agency reported that “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan,” adding that the projectile was believed to have already fallen. Japan’s Kyodo ...

3 weeks ago