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Attendees pose for a group photo before the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum 2025 at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse on March 23, 2025, in Beijing.China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China courted the executives of major U.S. businesses at an annual conference this week in a sign of how Beijing seeks to offset trade pressures, rather than retaliate forcefully.China has long sought to attract foreign investment as a way to bolster growth, while tapping business interests for potential influence on the White House, particularly under U.S. President Donald Trump. The U.S. has twice increased…

TOKYO: A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday (Mar 25) that the religious sect the Unification Church be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the wake of the 2022 assassination of ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe. An education ministry spokesman told AFP that the Tokyo District Court “issued the dissolution order” for the Japanese chapter of the Unification Church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the “Moonies” after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon. Former prime minister Abe – Japan’s longest-serving leader – was shot dead on the campaign trail in 2022, allegedly by a man who resented the Unification Church.…

Bhopal, India – In January this year in Ujjain, a city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, authorities bulldozed nearly 250 properties, including homes, shops and a century-old mosque, to clear a sprawling 2.1 hectares (5.27 acres) of land. The land belonged to the Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board. Derived from Arabic, “waqf” refers to moveable or immoveable properties – mosques, schools, graveyards, orphanages, hospitals and even vacant plots – donated by Muslims for religious or charitable purposes to God, thereby making such property transfers irrevocable and prohibiting sale and other uses. But the Ujjain waqf land was cleared…

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An Ohio teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a student’s family reported that the educator showed up at their home to demand missing homework.The teacher showed up unannounced at the student’s home on Wednesday and requested that the child grab the missing homework assignment, the family said.During the interaction between the teacher and the student, a parent arrived home and confronted the teacher on the front porch.The Hull Prairie Intermediate School (HPI) teacher will remain on leave pending the outcome of an investigation, Perrysburg Schools officials said in a statement.SCHOOL BUS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ENGULFED IN FLAMES AFTER…

President Trump’s hawkish tariff talk has softened and the local bourse soaked up the resulting Wall St boom.

They were charged under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between five and 20 years, if convicted.  No plea was recorded as the SOSMA Act was invoked, which means the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court, local media reported.  An accountant from GISB Holdings, 73-year-old Hamimah Yakub, was also among the 22 charged in October but she was released on bail earlier on Jan 13.  FMT reported then that she was bailed at RM40,000 with two sureties.  Latifah – who had also presided over that case in January – had said…

China has released five employees of an American corporate investigations firm, the Mintz Group, two years after they were detained as part of a crackdown by Beijing on foreign business consultancies.“We understand that the Mintz Group Beijing employees who were detained, all Chinese nationals, have now all been released,” the firm said in a statement on Tuesday.“We are grateful to the Chinese authorities that our former colleagues can now be home with their families,” the company said.The employees’ release comes as China is trying to revive overseas investment to help revive its sluggish economy. Dozens of foreign executives, including Tim…

President Trump has decided to pick Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making permanent the acting role she has served at the public health agency in recent months.Monarez would be named in place of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman whose nomination was withdrawn by the White House earlier this month over concerns that he didn’t have the votes to clear the Senate confirmation process. “As an incredible mother and dedicated public servant, Dr. Monarez understands the importance of protecting our children, our communities, and our future. Americans have lost…

The Ohio State Buckeyes will be making the trip to Washington D.C. to visit the president.Head coach Ryan Day confirmed on Monday that his team will visit President Donald Trump at the White House next month to commemorate their national championship.”It’s an honor to be invited. We were formally invited. It’s customary. I remember growing up and watching the national championship teams going to the White House… It’s part of the celebration of our team,” Day told reporters Monday. The Ohio State Buckeyes will be making the trip to Washington D.C. to visit the president. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)The Buckeyes…