Xi hosts Putin and Modi at SCO summit in show of Global South unity
Pacific Asia • Aug 31, 2025, 1:47 AM
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China’s Xi Jinping welcomed on Sunday Russia’s Vladimir Putin, India’s Narendra Modi and leaders from around 20 countries to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, a high-security gathering aimed at boosting Beijing’s influence and promoting "a multipolar world order".
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Pakistan's Karachi sees rise in bodyguards as private security business booms
Pacific Asia • 10:23 AM
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In Karachi, Pakistan's economic capital and largest city, fear has become a commodity. In 2024, Forbes Advisor ranked Karachi as the second-most dangerous city in the world for tourists. Due to the ineffectiveness of law enforcement agencies in curbing t
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Asian leaders attend China'a SCO summit
Pacific Asia • 9:07 AM
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit began on Sunday in the northern port city of Tianjin, just days ahead of a major military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. On Monday, Presidents Xi Jinping and V
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Rescuers try to reach quake-hit areas in eastern Afghanistan
Pacific Asia • 6:48 AM
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Rescuers on Monday struggled to reach remote areas struck by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, says FRANCE 24's Shahzain Wahlah,reporting from Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan.
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Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills hundreds, destroys villages
Pacific Asia • 6:18 AM
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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake centred near the bustling eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad late Sunday killed more than 800 people and injured around 2,500, according to the Taliban government's chief spokesman. The quake razed villages in the eastern provinc
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Xi slams 'bullying', Putin defends Ukraine invasion at China’s SCO summit
Pacific Asia • 12:33 AM
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Opening the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping blasted the "bullying behaviour" of certain countries in a veiled reference to US President Donald Trump's tariff war. In his speech to the gath
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