Tokyo / AFP Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to push back his debt-loaded country’s next tax hike for two and a half years, when he will likely have left office, reports said on Sunday. Abe on Saturday told his close aides, including Finance Minister Taro Aso, that he intends to push back a planned raise in taxes to October ...

  Kampala / AFP South Korea’s president arrived in Uganda, the second leg of her Africa tour during which she is promoting business and trade opportunities. President Park Geun-hye was welcomed at Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport by Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa. This is the first visit by a South Korean president since the two countries established diplomatic ties in ...

  Kathmandu / AFP Nepal’s government unveiled the first budget drawn up since the country introduced a new constitution last September, with a focus on funding reconstruction and reviving the battered economy. Millions continue to live in temporary shelters after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Himalayan nation in April 2015, killing nearly 9,000 people. Finance minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel outlined ...