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China has introduced a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while exempting childcare, marriage-related services and elderly care, as part of efforts to address falling birth rates. The…

Japan is embarking on a decisive military shift, marked by a record defence budget and an expanded missile and drone programme that could make it the world’s third-largest military spender.…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has rejected calls for independent European security framework, arguing that Europe should not break from the United States on defence. His remarks came in response…

Activists vandalised Christmas decorations at a diocesan school and a shop in Assam’s Nalbari on Christmas Eve, in the latest of several disruptions reported across India this past week. Police…

China and Russia have voiced support for Venezuela as it faces a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro. As activity at…

At a year-end press conference lasting more than two hours, Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined US foreign policy priorities and addressed several major global conflicts. He argued that negotiations…

India’s exports rose nearly 20 percent year-on-year in November, marking the fastest growth in three years, driven mainly by shipments to the United States and China. This increase comes as…

China announced on Tuesday that it will go ahead and impose anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports for five years, though at significantly lower rates than the temporary levies…

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, arguing it is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic…

Pro-democracy campaigner and British citizen Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of three national security offences in Hong Kong. The 78-year-old media tycoon was arrested in August 2020 after China…