August2022

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Danuri — a portmanteau of...

Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the second quarter of 2022 despite global uncertainty, official data showed Friday, thanks to soaring commodity prices and easing Covid-19 restrictions. Southeast Asia’s largest economy expanded 5.44 percent on-year in April-June,...

As the Palestinians faced the second day of air strikes in Gaza, the chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared on Saturday that they are “not alone” in their struggle against Israel. “Today, all the anti-Zionist jihadi...

Three additional grain-laden ships departed from Ukraine. On Saturday, three ships with 58,000 tons of maize left the ports of Odessa and Chornomsk (August 6). Istanbul will initially receive three ships. The ships will depart for...

Michelle J. Sisson, the US assistant secretary of state for international affairs, has arrived in Dhaka. On Saturday, August 6, he began his four-day tour in Dhaka at about 6:00 p.m. It is understood that the...

China has said that it will no longer work with the US on a number of significant topics. These include tackling international terrorism, military talks, and climate change. the BBC. Following a visit to Taiwan by...

The director of Amnesty International’s office in Ukraine has resigned after the rights group was accused of promoting Kremlin propaganda in a contentious report that condemned the military’s response to Russia’s invasion of the war-torn nation....

Canada once again posted a merchandise trade surplus in June, thanks in part to a sixth consecutive month of rising exports, Statistics Canada reported on Thursday. Total merchandise exports were up 2 percent to Can$69.9 billion...

American exports set another record in June, narrowing the US trade gap for the third consecutive month, according to official data on Thursday. Goods and services exports rose by $4.3 billion last month to $260.8 billion,...

India’s central bank on Friday hiked interest rates for a third-consecutive time, as Asia’s third-largest economy contends with a widening trade deficit and weakening currency. The Reserve Bank of India’s rate-setting committee raised its key lending...