BEIJING - The former chairman of New China Life Insurance, Li Quan, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on corruption charges by a court in the Chinese province of Shandong, national broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday.
ANKARA/KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold talks in Turkey on Wednesday and meet U.S. Army officials in Kyiv on Thursday in a new drive to revive peace negotiations with Russia.
The images have prompted Tokyo to lodge a complaint with Beijing.
LONDON - British defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday that \"military options\" are ready should the Russian spy ship Yantar become a threat, after the vessel directed lasers at British pilots sent to monitor it.
The UK has announced much harsher rules for asylum seekers including the prospect of more deportations for those whose applications fail. The US is tripling the size of its deportation force. The EU is doubling its border budgets. And in the coming decades, hundreds of millions
The US and China are hurtling into a new era of airpower defined by pairing manned fighters with drones, with recent tests showing both sides racing to fuse drones with their most advanced fighters. This month, The War Zone reported that General Atomics disclosed that an MQ-20
BEIJING - Zambia will host a Chinese premier on Wednesday for the first time in 28 years as the sub-Saharan state emerges from a financial crisis, with Beijing eager to access commodities and develop a bigger market for its exporters.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Wednesday played down an Axios report that the United States was working on a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine and said there were no new developments to announce since an August summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
BEIJING - Eighteen leaders of a major Chinese underground church were formally arrested on Tuesday, a Christian NGO advocate told Reuters, meaning they will eventually face trial and a potential prison sentence of up to three years.
Indonesians insist they have a stronger claim to the durian amid Malaysia’s bid to make it its national fruit.
More than 400 Korean beauty brands are preparing to join the line-up.
At least 36 people died in the sinking on Nov 6.
Lebanese-French musician Omar Harfouch is one of two judges who resigned days before the finals in Thailand.
Local media say one person was killed in the fire in the city of Oita, on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
A constitutional amendment was approved, granting Field Marshal Asim Munir unprecedented immunity.
The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh on Monday delivered a landmark verdict against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, finding her guilty of serious criminal offenses linked to the deadly political unrest that swept the country in July and August 2024. The tribunal
LONDON - The West's push to build a home-grown magnets supply chain to reduce its reliance on China - led by massive U.S. backing for Nevada-based MP Materials - is running into a critical problem: the scarcity of so-called heavy rare earth elements.
TOKYO — By taking a hard line on China, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi thinks she’s establishing her right-wing bona fides. In reality, she may be ensuring her premiership will be a brief one. Takaichi wasn’t chosen by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to stir a geopolitical hornet’s
TOKYO/BEIJING - China informed Japan on Wednesday that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, media outlets reported - a decision which comes amid an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies.
TOKYO - Within days of China urging its citizens not to travel to Japan due to a diplomatic dispute, Tokyo-based tour operator East Japan International Travel Service had lost 80% of its bookings for the remainder of the year.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
The import demand has helped reverse prices upward in 2025 against seasonal expectations.
Medical experts have said that impaired cognitive ability in old age is detrimental to one’s driving abilities.
The suspect behind the Nov 7 bomb attack at a school mosque in Jakarta wrote of feeling isolated and drew inspiration from a Telegram group glorifying white supremacist attacks, according to the police.
The proposed restart will be the first Tepco-operated nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown.
Beijing partially eased restrictions on Japanese seafood imports earlier in 2025.
Myanmar’s military descended on gambling and fraud hub Shwe Kokko on Nov 18.
MOSCOW - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had fired four U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at the southern Russian city of Voronezh in an attempted strike on civilian targets.
China has reportedly informed Japan that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood.
BEIJING - Zambia will host a Chinese premier for the first time in 28 years as the sub-Saharan state emerges from a financial crisis, with Beijing eager to access the country's commodities and develop a bigger market for its exporters.
Tensions have arisen as hotels claim beaches and shorelines that belong to the state.
The carmaker's CEO said the raid was "a bad surprise" but the firm will continue to invest in the US.
Vietnam police issued an arrest warrant for the well-known lawyer for alleged anti-state activities.
The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity. But in recent weeks, the mood has begun to shift. Investors and CEOs are now openly questioning whether the enormous
The fruits auctioned were categorised as the top class, which are very sweet.
Waters are also rising again in the UNESCO-listed ancient town of Hoi An.
The trade minister’s morning run rekindles debate on whether Peninsular Malaysia’s time zone harms health.
The trade minister’s morning run rekindles debate on whether Peninsular Malaysia’s time zone harms health.
The boycott could result in a loss of around $18.4 billion annually.
TAIPEI - The United States confirmed the sale to Taiwan of an advanced air defence missile system worth almost $700 million which has been battle-tested in Ukraine, in the second such weapons package for Taipei in a week.
