Asia Pacific
- Analysis: Security Council split spells end of an era for U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea, article with videoWorld ·
May 27, 2022 · 8:31 AM UTC Analysts and some diplomats said Washington may have miscalculated in its rush to impose consequences for North Korea's missile tests.
- Asia PacificNew Australian government releases Sri Lankan family from immigration detention
Australia's new government said on Friday it would give temporary visas to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family held in immigration detention since 2019, a step towards closure of one of the country's most controversial migration cases.
- MarketsIncoming Philippine finmin does not favour tax hikes to tackle debt
Philippine central bank governor Benjamin Diokno, who takes on a new role as finance secretary next month, said on Friday he does not favour raising taxes even as the incoming government is set to inherit a huge pile of debt..