Asia

The number of Afghans living below the poverty line has doubled in the last three years and will reach 34 million by the end of the year. That is the opinion of the United Nations, which warns of worsening the economic situation due to some…
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The Iranian court has pardoned 22,000 people who participated in widespread protests in Iran in the past six months. This is reported by the state news agency IRNA. However, it is unclear whether all those people have already been released.…
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Turkey wants to set up a special fund to reconstruct the areas affected by the country's severe earthquakes. This involved official wishes to remain anonymous and reports this to the Bloomberg news agency. The fund should make it…
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Increased demand from Europe for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will increase competition with Asia for additional LNG supplies, while new supply will remain limited over the next two years. Shell writes this in a report on the LNG market.…
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An explosion at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 22 people and injured dozens on Monday. This is reported by state television and the Pakistani police. The explosion occurred during afternoon…
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India's state-owned electricity company NTPC has plans to build many new nuclear power plants to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and help lower the country's emissions. India is the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse…
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A suicide bombing at the police station in Bandung, in the Indonesian province of West Java, killed a police officer and injured several others on Wednesday. That has been reported to the police. The explosion occurred at around 8…
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An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian islands of Bali and Java on Tuesday. Daryono, the head of the national disaster agency, confirmed there were no casualties. The quake was particularly felt in…
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