BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping said he supports Kazakhstan joining the BRICS bloc, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday, as the group of developing nations mulls further expansion to rival a Western-dominated world order it sees as outdated.
The incident that took place during a religious gathering is among the deadliest crushes in India in a decade.
Gunfire has rocked the area since late on July 2.
The initial proposed changes would have effectively barred speech, dressing and decorations in public places deemed “harmful to the spirit or the feelings of the Chinese nation”, with offenders facing up to 15 days in detention.
Taiwanese officials have confirmed to the BBC that the boat was seized inside China’s territorial waters.
It was the second python killing in the province in a month.
PM Anwar is under pressure to accelerate reforms, including creating a more level playing field in education and jobs.
The ruling brings to an end a decades-long fight for justice by victims who were forcibly sterilised.
“Grab duck” trails in a long line of animals that have had the occasional “odd jobs”.
KARACHI - Pakistan is looking to clinch a staff level agreement on an International Monetary Fund bailout of more than $6 billion this month after addressing all of the lender's requirements in its annual budget, its junior finance minister told Reuters.
The driver pleaded not guilty to the two charges.
More than half of Thais are unhappy with PM Srettha’s performance.
BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday set July 17 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party, which has 30% of the seats in the lower house of parliament.
Trapped in a Catholic mission sheltering dozens of women and children from the war raging on the streets of Khartoum, Father Jacob Thelekkadan punched new holes in his belt as the supplies of food dwindled and he grew thinner.
The Yangtze river has seen water levels in its Anhui section exceed warning marks and continue to rise.
Known as MyRentas, it can be used by bus passengers at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar CIQ in Johor Bahru.
People fell on top of one another as they tumbled down a slope into a waterlogged ditch.
An investigation has found that thousands of sperm samples may have been misidentified by IVF providers.
Police are now trying to locate the preacher who presided over the event.
Since the programme began nearly two years ago, over 4.3 metric tonnes of plastic waste have been collected.
Providing a Shahed-like attack drone would mark a deepening of Beijing’s support for Russia.
Six children were ferried to a neighbour's house on higher ground using the inflatable pool.
Russia’s new combat icebreaker, known as the Project 23550 Ivan Papanin, has embarked on factory sea trials, signaling Russia’s intensified strategic focus on the Arctic amid an emerging New Cold War. This month, The War Zone reported the icebreaker is designed not only to
SYDNEY - Police in Australia's Northern Territory said on Wednesday a missing 12-year-old child was reportedly attacked by a crocodile and a search and rescue operation was underway.
Najib Razak, who is also considering filing a new petition for a full pardon, remains on trial for corruption in several other 1MDB-linked cases.
He said a royal “addendum order” accompanied a pardons board’s decision to halve his sentence.
The music festival was previously cancelled in 2023 after The 1975 frontman Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate onstage during a performance.
The crush at a Hindu religious gathering near Hathras, northern India, killed at least 116 people.
The 12-year-old was last seen swimming in a remote creek in the Northern Territory.
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and defence club seen by Moscow and Beijing as an instrument to counter the influence of the United States and its allies.
A record 56 people are running in the July 7 election, where two women are vying for the top post.
Nearly 80 per cent of 2.2 million drink vending machines will need upgrades to accept the new bills.
Hayop ni Manam, opening Jul 12, will serve “honest”, “recognisable” Filipino dishes like sisig and adobo, made using quality ingredients like New Zealand wagyu, French spring chicken and Japanese seafood.
The so-called “happiest place on earth” isn’t so happy after all – as Bhutan grapples with a brain drain issue amid a bleak economy.
The boat was operating near the Taiwan-administered Kinmen islands.
An earlier proposal for conditional driving licences for seniors had met with strong public backlash.
JAKARTA – Indonesia has the world’s fourth biggest population, boasts the globe’s largest Muslim democracy and sits at the heart of a key region geopolitically – and yet persistently punches below its weight on the global stage. While national founder Sukarno helped create the
Beijing’s strategy to boost trade relations with countries in the Global South to diversify away from closing Western markets has taken a hit with Indonesia’s announced intention to impose a 100-200% tariff on China’s labor-intensive goods. Over the past few days, several
MANILA – The latest skirmish in the South China Sea, which saw Chinese maritime forces forcibly boarding then disarming Philippine navy personnel on a resupply mission, has jolted the Philippine government and exposed fault lines in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s once-unified