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Beijing said its decision is based on Japan’s move to discharge treated water into the sea.

Uber and Facebook on Friday said they had received advice from PwC Australia about the law.

TOKYO – Ukraine has submitted its request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to the trade pact’s depositary country New Zealand, Japan’s Economy Minister Shigeyuki Goto said on Friday.

Seoul announced its own assessment after the IAEA gave the greenlight this week to Japan’s plan.

Businesses, salaried workers and experts say Pakistan needs to make the right reforms.

iMe Entertainment Group Asia said the company would change the image of the map on its website.

Warner Bros believed the map was harmless.

India had also taken up with the US vandalism at the Indian consulate in San Francisco earlier this week.

The Chinese President was inspecting forces operating in a flashpoint region near Taiwan.

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The man is accused of helping eight prominent overseas-based activists with bounties of HK$1 million ($172,800) for their arrest.

BEIJING - As temperatures hit a record roasting 40 deg C across multiple cities in China, how to shield one’s skin from the sun and stay cool has become a hot topic in the country.

The number of children aged five to 14 who died by suicide jumped nearly 10 per cent annually from 2010 to 2021.

Kevin Yam is one of eight overseas-based activists accused by Hong Kong police of “serious” national security offences.

Analysts are not expecting any major breakthroughs as long as national security remains a top US and Chinese concern.

The UN said the deaths were part of “deliberate and targeted” efforts to obstruct aid.

Its alternative to Windows and MacOS was built by a community of about 4,000 developers.

Many people believed their chances of getting a job or staying in one worsen once they cross 35.

Outraged Australians took to social media to denounce the advertisement.