TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: military conflict is not the answer. “We must remind the Beijing authorities to not misjudge the situation and to prevent the internal expansion of ‘military adventurism’,” Tsai said today in her New Year’s speech broadcast live […]
Month: December 2021
BEIJING: The Chinese city of Xian entered its 10th day of lockdown on Saturday as the Covid-19 outbreak has yet to show any solid sign of easing in the country’s epicentre of the latest flare-up. The city of 13 million people reported 174 new local cases with confirmed clinical symptoms […]
SEOUL: South Korea’s exports expanded at their fastest pace in 11 years in 2021, with the total export value reaching a record high, supported by post-pandemic recoveries in global demand. For the full year, exports rose 25.8per cent from a year earlier to US$644.54 billion, trade ministry data showed on […]
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school uniforms than nuclear weapons or the United States, according to summaries by state media today. North Korea’s main goals for 2022 will be jump starting […]
WILMINGTON: President Joe Biden said yesterday he told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a move on Ukraine will draw sanctions and an increased US presence in Europe, where tensions are high after Russia’s military buildup at the border. The US and Russian leaders exchanged warnings over Ukraine in a […]
Betty White’s death was confirmed Friday by Jeff Witjas, her longtime agent and friend. She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17. Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on The Mary Tyler Moore Show […]
Here are five trends that will shape the personal technology space in 2022 and beyond. The global pandemic dominated product decision-making last year. Things are unlikely to change much in 2022, but we can expect to see the emergence of a new product category in a big way. Experts hope […]
STOCKHOLM: Ikea will hike its prices by an average of 9 per cent next year due to ongoing supply and transportation disruptions, the company that operates most of the Swedish furniture giant’s stores said on Thursday (Dec 30). The announcement comes as pandemic-fuelled shortages and shipping challenges ramp up inflation […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, will likely ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) early next year, its chief economic minister said on Friday (Dec 31). The China-backed RCEP, the world’s biggest trade bloc, is set to enter into force on Jan 1, 2022. Details in […]
George R R Martin revealed that he had seen a rough cut of the first episode of House Of The Dragon and he “loved it”. If you’ve been looking forward to the prequel to the hit fantasy series, Game Of Thrones, you’ll be happy to know that the book’s creator […]