September2023

According to official figures, Pakistan’s headline inflation remained at 27.4% y/y in August as government efforts to control prices were thwarted by a falling currency and rising bills attributed to an IMF bailout package. This summer,...

As part of discussions with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is prepared to increase natural gas shipments to Turkey, including by establishing a gas hub there. “On our...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a former deputy prime minister of Singapore, was chosen president on Friday. It was the city-state’s first competitive election for the largely ceremonial role in more than ten years. After a rare flurry of...

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has declared that he will soon meet with Xi Jinping, the president of China. “Rather soon we will have some events and there will be a meeting with Chairman of...

According to official numbers released on Friday, inflation in Sri Lanka’s crisis-stricken nation fell to 4.0 percent in August, the lowest level since before last year’s extraordinary financial catastrophe. The island country suffered from food, gasoline,...

Australia’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that it will send a delegation to Beijing for talks with Chinese counterparts next week in an effort to normalize relations with that country. The trip will include members from...

The hottest and driest August on record for India, according to government statistics going back more than a century, is the latest in a run of records being broken throughout the world as climate change worsens....

The much-anticipated 11.5 kilometer Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport–Farmgate segment of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, which is anticipated to drastically lessen traffic congestion in the city, was officially opened today by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. At the...

The Indian space agency aims for yet another accomplishment. A week after its successful unmanned Moon landing, a mission to explore the Sun will be launched on Saturday. At 11:50 am (0620 GMT), Aditya-L1 will launch...

Mohamed Al-Fayed, a controversial businessman and the father of Dodi who died in 1997 together with Princess Diana, has passed away at age 94, according to a statement released by his family on Friday. “Mrs Mohamed...