(Reuters) – Airwallex, an Australian fintech startup, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Chinese company Guangzhou Shang Wu Tong Network Technologies in order to get an online payment business licence in China. The Tencent-backed company also announced that it has become a third-party payment provider in China, giving itContinue Reading
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian army attacked a command centre of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment in the southern Zaporizhzhia area on Sunday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. In its daily briefing on what Russia refers to as the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the ministry did not expand on the strike.Continue Reading
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that he would dissolve parliament next month in preparation for an election on May 7, a probable date originally set by the country’s poll commission. The former army leader, who has been in power since leading a coup inContinue Reading
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two additional ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister declaring North Korea’s use of the Pacific as a “firing range” will be contingent on US troop behaviour. The launches came only two days after North KoreaContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD (A News) : According to a Guardian story, India may not declassify the 1947 Kashmir letters because of worry about the repercussions on its diplomatic relations. According to the article, the Butcher papers – the official term for the letters – include the discussions that prompted India’s first PrimeContinue Reading
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – According to the Financial Times, the Pentagon’s senior China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has landed in Taiwan for a visit, which might escalate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry and the Pentagon both refused to comment. “Although we do not haveContinue Reading
Reuters reports Most Asian currencies sank to their lowest levels in more than a month on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened following consistently strong US inflation data fueled expectations of more Fed rate rises. While the monthly decrease in the headline consumer price index was expected, the annual rate ofContinue Reading
BEIJING, (AP) – The US Navy and Marine Corps are conducting joint drills in the South China Sea, amid rising tensions with Beijing following the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been performing “integrated expeditionaryContinue Reading
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will go to China in the coming days for a three-day visit aimed at expanding economic relations, according to state media on Sunday. According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, Raisi will depart for Beijing on Monday evening in response to an official invitation from ChineseContinue Reading
Despite a longtime rivalry between the two NATO nations, Greece’s foreign minister travelled in Turkey on Sunday to express solidarity after the country was rocked by a terrible earthquake last Monday, according to the ministry. According to video from state-run ERT TV, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was greeted with aContinue Reading
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