China’s first homegrown and fully autonomous mobile operating system was launched by tech firm Huawei Technologies Co on Tuesday night, breaking the global OS landscape dominated by Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS systems. The breakthrough is very likely to “extend beyond smartphones to devices like computers”, which once again showed that the United States’ suppression of China’s tech sector will only fuel domestic drive for independent innovation, industry experts said. Huawei’s latest mobile operating system, HarmonyOS Next, is also dubbed a “pure-blood” version of Harmony, as it does away with roots to the Android system and will no longer support…
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Underlining that the relationship between India and China is very important not only for the people of the two nations but also for global peace, stability and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told Chinese President Xi Jinping that mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should be the basis for ties between the two neighbours. The two leaders met at Kazan in Russia this evening on the margins of the BRICS Summit. This was after five years that they had a bilateral meeting. They had last met for an informal summit at Mamallapuram in October 2019, a few…
In its latest assessment of the global economy, the IMF predicted that worldwide inflation will cool from 6.7% last year to 5.8% this year and to 4.3% in 2025. It estimates that inflation will fall even faster in the world’s wealthy countries, from 4.6% last year to 2.6% this year and 2% — the target range for most major central banks — in 2025. The slowdown in inflation, after years of crushing price increases in the aftermath of the pandemic, led the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to cut interest rates this year after they had aggressively raised…
South Korea’s attempts to make its immigration rules more restrictive to reduce the number of unregistered immigrants here could easily backfire, a veteran diplomat said, adding that the current popularity of the Korean Wave is far from everlasting. Kim Jae-shin, secretary-general of the ASEAN-Korea Center, noted much interest among people in Southeast Asia in learning about South Korea and its culture. However, he cautioned that making immigration procedures for citizens of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations more difficult and harsh could potentially foster negative perceptions toward South Korea. “We might be able to go all…
Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang has reaffirmed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s commitment to the target of a nuclear weapon-free world. Speaking on behalf of ASEAN at a debate on nuclear weapons of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Disarmament and International Security (First Committee) which was held in New York from October 18-22, Giang emphasised that ASEAN attaches great importance to multilateralism and international cooperation in nuclear weapon disarmament and non-proliferation. Regarding the central role of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Giang said that ASEAN…
The Asean power grid would have many benefits for countries in the region other than providing green electricity, including the creation of new jobs, reduced air pollution, and significant investments generated for the energy sector. Speaking on the third day of the Singapore International Energy Week, Dr Daniel Gaspar, deputy director of Net Zero World Initiative, which is backed by the US Department of Energy, presented the findings of the US-Singapore feasibility study on regional energy connectivity. It concluded that such interconnection would have significant socio-economic benefits for the region. These would include investments of US$2 billion (S$2.6 billion) annually…
South Korea may mull expanding its support to Ukraine, including supplies of “offensive” weapons, depending on the extent of how deeply North Korea engages with Russia in the war efforts, a Seoul official said Tuesday. Kim Tae-hyo, the South Korean deputy national security director, told reporters following a National Security Council meeting convened on this day that Seoul would be tuning its response to match the role Pyongyang plays in the war. “All weapons, whether defensive or offensive, can be used to kill. We may consider sending defensive weapons, or even offensive weapons if things get too far,” he said…
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed his firm belief in the deep-rooted friendship between China and Russia, while emphasizing the strong commitment of both nations to serving the people and assuming global responsibilities as major countries, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. In talks with Putin at the centuries-old Kazan Kremlin, Xi underlined that China-Russia relations have weathered storms and forged ahead, achieving a series of groundbreaking results and exploring a path for neighboring major powers to coexist through nonalignment and nonconfrontation and without targeting any third party. “The world today is facing momentous transformations unseen in…
The governments of Laos and Myanmar have agreed on the provision of migrant workers between their two countries, as a means to strengthen their workforces. The two sides will work more closely in formulating plans around migrant workers and at the same time enhance the friendly relations and neighbourly cooperation between Laos and Myanmar. Under the agreement, the two parties will implement the agreed areas of cooperation concerning their workforces and will sign Memorandums of Understanding on each agreed area of cooperation. A Memorandum of Understanding on the issue was signed on Monday by the Union Minister for Labour from…