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Sun, November 27, 2022 | 21:22

Indian policeman accused of raping child gang-rape victim

Indian policeman accused of raping child gang-rape victim

An Indian police officer has been arrested after being accused of raping a 13-year-old girl who went to his station to report she had been gang-raped.

2022-05-05 16:09

India's central bank raises interest rate to tame inflation

India's central bank raises interest rate to tame inflation

India's central bank on Wednesday raised its key interest rate to 4.4 percent from 4 percent to try to contain fast-rising inflation.

2022-05-05 13:58

Fed raises key rate by a half-point in bid to tame inflation

Survivor found almost 6 days after China building collapse

Survivor found almost 6 days after China building collapse

Rescuers in central China have pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier, state media reported Thursday.

2022-05-05 12:45

Philippines could revive nuclear plant if Marcos wins presidency

Philippines could revive nuclear plant if Marcos wins presidency

A mothballed nuclear power plant built near a fault line and volcanoes in the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos's dictatorship could be revived if his son wins next week's presidential election.

2022-05-05 12:03

Gulf central banks raise interest rates

Gulf central banks raise interest rates

Gulf central banks hiked their main interest rates on Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its target policy rate by 50 basis points in the face of inflation at highs not seen in decades.

2022-05-05 10:11

Fed raises key rate by a half-point in bid to tame inflation

Longstanding group serves Koreans in Hong Kong

Longstanding group serves Koreans in Hong Kong

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's handover to China by the U.K. and the Asian financial crisis were some of the major events that made headlines in the city in the past decades. But those events are fairly recent milestones compared to the history of the Korean Residents Association of Hong Kong, which has stood through thick and thin since its founding. The group supporting Koreans ha...

Kim Bo-eun | 2022-05-05 08:54

Beijing closes dozens of subway stations, extends COVID restrictions

Beijing closes dozens of subway stations, extends COVID restrictions

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations and expanded COVID restrictions Wednesday, constricting movement around the Chinese capital despite logging only dozens of daily cases.

2022-05-04 19:47

All in the family: Philippine dynasties tighten grip on power

All in the family: Philippine dynasties tighten grip on power

If the son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos wins the May 9 presidential election, he will not be the only Marcos currently in power - and will almost certainly not be the last.

2022-05-04 14:31

Philippine presidential candidates in final push to woo voters

Philippine presidential candidates in final push to woo voters

Philippine presidential candidates will hold final election rallies this week as the campaign enters its homestretch, in a contest that has become a two-way race between frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his main rival Leni Robredo.

2022-05-03 14:10

Hope fizzles for 'revenge spending' splurge in Japan as inflation looms

Hope fizzles for 'revenge spending' splurge in Japan as inflation looms

Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her children even though circumstances for her single-income family have always been fairly modest.

2022-05-02 11:08

Peru's annual inflation rate hits 24-year high in April

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