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China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC), the country’s second-largest fund manager, plans to launch funds in the US and Brazil this year, its chief executive said, betting on a revival of…

BEIJING: China said Thursday that it welcomed a ceasefire agreement in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas militant group, vowing “unremitting efforts to promote peace and stability in the Middle…

TOKYO: A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a “megaquake” to up to 82 percent in the next 30 years. Such a jolt…

TikTok plans to shut its app for US users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the baseless accusations and unfounded assertions made by India’s Defence Minister and Chief of Army Staff on 13 and 14 January,  about Azad Jammu and…

A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in northwest Tanzania has infected nine people, killing eight of them, the World Health Organization has said, weeks after an outbreak of the…

KYIV: Ukrainian authorities in the west of the country said Wednesday that critical infrastructure facilities had been targeted in a “massive” Russian missile attack after air alerts sounded nationwide. The…

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) has banned imports from another tranche of China-based companies over alleged human rights abuses, targeting 37 textile, mining and solar entities, a federal government notice…

DOHA, Qatar: Negotiations in Doha for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their “final stages”, mediator Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “We do believe that we…

SEOUL: North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, according to Seoul’s military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump’s…