WARSAW: Ukraine awaits President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Kremlin this week with apprehension, fearing that China may ultimately decide to supply its strategic ally with arms, influencing the outcome of the war. Beijing seeks to depict itself as a neutral party to the conflict, neither condemning nor explicitly supporting […]
Month: March 2023
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s deputy central bank governor said on Monday (Mar 20) that raising interest rates may help curb inflation expectations, although also noting an aversion to raising rates during an export downturn. The current wave of inflation is not a short-term phenomenon and has fanned expectations for continued high inflation, […]
Huawei Technologies has replaced more than 13,000 parts in its products that were hit by United States trade sanctions, the Chinese tech giant’s founder said, according to a speech transcript posted on Friday (Mar 17) by a Chinese university. According to the transcript of the February speech posted by Shanghai […]
World number two Aryna Sabalenka said the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) was doing a good job of supporting players from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus amid tensions in the locker room following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from her match with Belarusian Sabalenka at Indian Wells […]
SEOUL: South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a defence ministry official told AFP today, as the two countries move to thaw long-frozen relations and renew diplomacy to counter Pyongyang. -ADVERTISEMENT- At a fence-mending summit on Thursday, the neighbours agreed to turn the page on […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump and his family failed to disclose gifts worth a total of more than US$250,000 (RM1.12 million) given by foreign governments while he was in the White House, Democrats said yesterday — including golden golf clubs from Japan and swords from Saudi royalty. The items were among some […]
INDIAN WELLS, California : Britain’s Emma Raducanu has learned that good fortune can be fleeting and bad luck can cruelly compound itself but said she is on the upswing following her second-round victory at Indian Wells on Saturday. The 20-year-old has been beset by an avalanche of injuries and illnesses […]
WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump on Saturday (Mar 11), saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Pence was in the Capitol when […]
SEOUL: South Korea’s finance minister said on Sunday (Mar 12) the country was closely monitoring any impact from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on South Korean markets. Top financial officials met on Sunday to discuss the collapse, the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, the finance ministry […]
YOKOHAMA: Nissan Motor Co Ltd on Thursday (Mar 9) said it will overhaul its approach to powertrains for all-electric and hybrid petrol-electric vehicles as it aims to bring hybrid prices in line with those of petrol-powered cars by 2026. The Japanese automaker said it will use the same components across […]