Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Yellen meets Japan’s top investor in the midst of economic challenges

Yellen

The meetings come as the yen is trading at 24-year lows.  Yellen’s conversations will include her assessment of the U.S.  The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its inflation forecast but maintain ultra-low interest rates. Janet Yellen, the U.S. Depository Secretary met with Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday, the Treasury Department … Read more

Sony increases its PC gaming effort with Inzone equipment

Sony

Sony is launching a new line of headphones and monitors targeting the growing PC market. The Inzone line aims to leverage Sony’s audio and display technology. The gear echoes the design of the PlayStation 5 range and is interoperable with the console. It comes as the Japanese conglomerate looks beyond its core PlayStation console gaming … Read more

Taiwan’s Huang Yu-ting punished for wearing China uniform

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Taiwan’s government has denounced one of its Olympians after the speed skater was seen in an online video wearing the suit of the Chinese national team, with one lawmaker calling her attire the “uniform of the enemy”. The 33-year-old was the flagbearer for the ‘Chinese Taipei’ team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games opening … Read more

Blast in Kabul as Taliban claim attack on minister’s compound 

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KABUL: A blast near the office of Afghanistan’s main security agency in Kabul wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack on a minister’s compound brought surging Taliban violence to the capital. At least two people were wounded in an explosion near defence facilities in Kabul National Directorate of Security, police … Read more

UN human rights experts concern about Kashmir

United nations human rights experts

Human rights experts at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have showed their concerned about the deteriorated situation of Kashmir. According to Kashmir media service Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard said, “The situation in Kashmir is a big concern for many of us within Special … Read more

Shutdown in IoK enters 85th straight day

sTRICT LOCKDOWN IN kASHMIR ENTERS 85TH CONSECUTIVE DAY

In occupied Kashmir, the routine life continues to remain badly hit on 85th consecutive day, today, in Kashmir valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region with continued heavy deployment of Indian forces and strict restrictions in place under Section 144. Some postpaid mobile phone connections have been restored a week ago, but there’s no … Read more

Indian intends to prevent Pakistan from support to Kashmiris: AJK President

Masood Khan speaks on Indian aggression

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said that the number of Indian troops deployed in Kashmir had risen to more than 800,000 making it the largest concentration of armed troops in any occupied territory or any conflict zone. Addressing a press conference in Muzaffarabad, he said, “A sinister plan had been drawn … Read more

More 28,000 troops deployed in Kashmir valley

India is deploying over 28,000 more paramilitary troops in the occupied Kashmir to suppress the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle for securing freedom from its illegal occupation. These additional troops are being sent to Indian held Kashmir less than a week after New Delhi moved 10,000 army soldiers to the territory. According to details, over 280 companies … Read more