Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has evolved from a sweeping crackdown into one of the Communist Party’s most important and enduring policies. It has become a central tool for enforcing party discipline, strengthening governance and shaping the country’s economic strategy. In the early years of Mr. Xi’s first term, when anti-corruption investigators Continue Reading

China’s next-generation long-range missiles and hypersonic weapons are creating new risks for key US military aircraft operating in the region, according to American defence experts. Citing a Bloomberg report, analysts say China is developing weapons systems capable of targeting military aircraft from long distances, potentially even when they are operating far from the US Continue Reading

The world’s oceans have recorded their highest-ever average temperatures, raising fresh concerns over the worsening impacts of climate change. Scientists have warned that the unprecedented warming, coupled with increasingly extreme climate patterns, could be developing into a “Super El Niño.” According to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the average global Continue Reading

India’s Allahabad High Court has dismissed a student’s plea seeking permission to wear a hijab with her school uniform, ruling that wearing a hijab is not an essential religious practice of Islam whose absence would undermine religious faith. The court also held that students do not have an individual right to alter an institution’s prescribed […]Continue Reading