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A man asked the shopkeeper – What is the price of bananas and apples? Bananas are Rs. 20 per dozen and apples are Rs. 100 per kilo. At the same time a poor woman came to the shop and said I want a kilo of apples and a dozen bananas …

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected Shenyang, capital city of northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected Shenyang, capital city of northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Xi made the trip …

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Josua Hutagalung really became a millionaire, without having to leave his house – and no, it wasn’t with Day Trade. The Indonesian man was making coffins, as he always did, when a meteorite weighing about 2 kilos fell on his house. There are reports that this rock from space is …

Filipino American Chelsea Manalo made history by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Philippines.   The 24-year-old, who has faced bullying due to her skin color, aims to empower others with her beauty and confidence. Raised by her mother and stepfather after her father’s death, Manalo …

President-elect Lai Ching-te said “Taiwan will continue to walk side by side with democracies from around the world” during a post-election news conference.   Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations with …

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s quest for self-reliance led to policies that attempted to make the country less dependent on the U.S. That may have been more important to the current trend than former U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. When did supply-chain disruptions begin? Some might feel it all started …

Over 13 million people were ordered to stay home in the Chinese city of Xi’an, which imposed a strict lockdown on Wednesday and dramatically tightened travel controls to fight a growing Covid-19 outbreak. With Beijing preparing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in February, China is on high alert as …

Taiwan will not start a war with China but will defend itself “full on, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Thursday, amid an increase in tensions between the pair that has raised concern internationally. Military tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, are at their worst in …

A senior member of the Japanese Yakuza criminal syndicate has been sentenced to death by hanging.    A court in Fukuoka found Satoru Nomura, 74, the head of the Kudo-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, had ordered four assaults, one of which resulted in death. Nomura denied any involvement.   The Asahi …