Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Japan’s prime minister issued a dire warning about the country’s population

Japan

The prime minister of Japan gave a severe warning about the population crisis. Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Since its asset bubble burst in the early 1990s, Japan’s economy has stagnated. The prime minister of Japan gave a severe warning on the population crisis, stating that the country was … Read more

Japan is being chastised for exaggerating the “China menace”

On Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Japan should not exaggerate the so-called “China threat” in order to erode regional confidence and cooperation. He made the statements during a news conference in reaction to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s comments that the scenario in Ukraine may be reproduced in East Asia. Zhao accused … Read more

Pakistan’s remittances grow 26% in 2021: World Bank

Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Remittances in Pakistan grows 26 per cent in 2021, compared with the overall growth of 8 per cent in South Asia, according to the estimates from the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief. “Pakistan had another year of record remittances with [the] growth at 26 per cent and levels reaching $33 billion in 2021,” … Read more

Global warming kills 14 percent of world’s corals in a decade

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

Dynamite fishing and pollution — but mostly global warming — wiped out 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs from 2009 to 2018, leaving graveyards of bleached skeletons where vibrant ecosystems once thrived, according to the largest ever survey of coral health. Hardest hit were corals in South Asia and the Pacific, around the Arabian … Read more