by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Politics
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday floated the possibility of calling a snap election before a tax increase aimed at funding the country’s defence budget comes into place “sometime after 2024”. The government is set to implement tax...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
Rescue teams across nine provinces in the Philippines raced on Wednesday to try to locate 26 people missing after weekend rains, floods and landslides that have killed at least 25 people, in one of its deadliest weather events this year. The national disaster agency...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Health
Taiwan will test arrivals from China for COVID-19 from Jan. 1 in response to a surge in cases there, the government said on Wednesday, joining other countries in stepping up controls on people coming from China. Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre said all...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | Environment
A movement by financial firms and activists to challenge companies over their efforts on climate change and social inequality faced organised and growing push-back in 2022, led by Republican U.S. politicians. Focusing on environmental, social or governance-related...
by Delphia | Dec 28, 2022 | News
North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it. The country acknowledged...
