India to seek licences to scout Pacific Ocean for critical mineralsIndia plans to apply for deep-sea mineral exploration licenses in the Pacific Ocean to secure critical minerals for energy transition techn...
China formally establishes diplomatic ties with Nauru after Pacific island nation cut Taiwan tiesChina's Foreign Ministry has declared the formal restoration of diplomatic relations with Nauru, a tiny Pacific island nation that had rece...
Taiwan loses first ally post-election as Nauru goes over to ChinaThe Nauru government said that "in the best interests" of the country and its people it was seeking full resumption of diplomatic relations...
Fed up with tax payments? Here are countries with no income taxThere are certain countries in the world that have very stable economies. Thus, their governments do not need to collect taxes from their c...
Countries with highest number of smokersHere are the countries with the highest smoking rates:
Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen?The International Seabed Authority - the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor - is preparing to resume negotiations t...
Djokovic detention draws focus to Australia's asylum-seekersDjokovic's mere presence at the hotel, a squat and unattractive building on the leafy fringe of the city's downtown, has drawn the world's ...
Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning ChinaNauru, which has strong ties to U.S. ally Australia, helped scupper a World Bank-led cable tender earlier this year over concerns the contr...
U.S. warns Pacific islands about Chinese bid for undersea cable project: SourcesWashington sent a diplomatic note to FSM in July expressing strategic concerns about the project as Huawei Marine and other Chinese firms a...
Thailand cancels visa on arrival for 18 countries, visa exemptions for 3 to limit virus spreadNationals of 18 countries - Bulgaria, Bhutan, China (including Taiwan), Cyprus, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Malta, Mexico, ...
Plastic exports up 31% in H1, above 70% growth in shipments to China, VietnamThe growth in India’s plastics export has been primarily boosted by higher shipment of plastic raw materials, plastic sheet, film, plates, ...
Australian company Getax under probe in India and Australia for money launderingGetax’s core business is trading in phosphate. Its clients include Indian companies. Getax is being looked at by AFP investigators for corr...
Australian government's detention of 157 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers ruled legalIn its ruling HC said the detainment was lawful under the Migration Powers Act, which enables maritime officers to detain a person outside ...
Australia sends asylum-seekers to Nauru, as India offer refused157 asylum-seekers who were detained by Oz have been sent to the Pacific island of Nauru after rejecting a return to India, officials said.
Got the wanderlust? Here’s a list of visa-on-arrival countries for IndiansPlanning a holiday gets so much easier if all you needed to do was carry your passport and go-go-go.
- Islands affected by climate change must consider radical options
Bring climate-change lawsuits against industrial countries, hoping that compensation will help descendants to secure higher ground.
- 41 countries are tax havens according to OECD criteria
Data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development points to 41 countries as having tax-haven status according to four cri...