Number of loss-making firms in China surge amid demand slump

IANS | October 23, 2026 6:19 PM

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) While China is flooding world markets with cheap goods, a growing number of Chinese factories have started running into losses, with London-based research firm Capital Economics estimating that the share of Chinese industrial firms that are losing money has doubled since 2018 to 30 per cent this year.

US still hasn't apologised for attacking our primary school: Iranian diplomat

IANS | October 23, 2026 5:02 PM

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Representative of Iran's Supreme Leader and senior diplomat, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, said on Friday that the United States is yet to apologise for the attack on a primary school in Iran, which claimed the lives of 168 children. He added that some of the bodies of these children have not been found till now.

Pakistan: In yet another honour killing, couple shot dead in Sindh

IANS | October 23, 2026 1:56 PM

Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) A couple who got married of their own choice were killed in a passenger coach on the National Highway near the VIG Gate in Sukkur district of Pakistan's Sindh province, with the police saying the killings were committed under the pretext of honour, local media reported on Friday.