It finally happened. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, China invested US$1.03 trillion in research and development in 2024—surpassing the United States’ $1.01 trillion for the first time in history. After two decades of double-digit annual
Dubai, April 6 - UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that a deal that fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and its missiles and drones would pave the way for “a more dangerous, more
Beijing boosted energy security as President Donald Trump raised the stakes.
More than 80 per cent of student-athletes supported abolishing or revising the system.
They warned of possible supply or dispatch disruptions in the near term.
SEOUL, April 6 - North Korea appears to be distancing itself from longtime partner Iran and carefully managing its public messaging to preserve the possibility of a new relationship with the U.S. after the Iran war, South Korean lawmakers said on Monday, citing the spy agency.
SEOUL, April 6 - North Korea's test of a solid-fuel rocket engine is intended for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) built with carbon fibre to extend range and allow for delivery of heavier and possibly multiple warheads, South Korean lawmakers said on Monday.
DUBAI, April 6 - Iran executed a man named Ali Fahim convicted over an attempt to storm a military facility and access an armoury during unrest in January, state media said on Monday, after the Supreme Court upheld his sentence.
The government is aiming for “coexistence between bears and humans” by fiscal year 2030.
The public mourning was by no means an organised protest, but it carried an unmistakable social charge.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke instructed local authorities to conduct enforcement operations.
The war in the Middle East is casting a shadow over travel during the Songkran festival.
But before I do that, here’s a roundup full of short takes and stories about AI. First, though, an episode of Econ 102! Officially, the podcast is over, but we still occasionally do a reprise episode. This one, fittingly, is about AI biosecurity. Anyway, here are six other
EU lawmakers had pressed China about a surge of dangerous products that entered the bloc.
Like many other Asian economies, South Korea relies heavily on energy imports.
SEOUL, April 6 - South Korea must accept a degree of risk in importing crude oil from the Middle East amid blockages of the Strait of Hormuz, President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday.
Ms Cheng Li-wun is travelling at a time of increased Chinese military pressure on Taiwan.
TAIPEI, April 6 - Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun leaves on Tuesday for China and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping on what she says is a peace mission as Beijing makes a renewed push to convince Taiwanese to support \"reunification\".
The victim had injuries to his hands, feet and head.
The 753 Indonesian soldiers currently stationed in Lebanon are set to be replaced by a new batch.
Members were elected in March in a vote which the Communist Party won almost 97 per cent of seats.
SEOUL, April 6 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed regret to North Korea over a drone incursion that he said was carried out by a South Korean individual without government approval, stressing Seoul's commitment to preventing future incidents.
He said a National Intelligence Service official and an active-duty soldier were involved.
Trump's threats to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran if the Strait of Hormuz is not open by Tuesday have put traders on edge for reciprocal attacks by Tehran.
Agilian Technology saw its US orders, accounting for more than half its revenue, frozen for months.
DONGGUAN, China, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs sought to hurt Chinese manufacturing, but for one electronics maker, a turbulent 2025 ended with a belief that China is a location that is difficult to replicate - as long as things don't change too drastically.
The confrontation between the world’s two top economies includes slapping tit-for-tat tariffs.
BEIJING, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip that comes just a year after Washington rolled out sweeping and at times erratic global tariffs.
Debuting in 2013, la farfa magazine helped normalise plus-size fashion and visibility in mainstream media.
The AI agent sparked a frenzy of "raising lobsters" in March, with users training the tool to suit their needs.
How did a youth movement triumph in one country but fall so short in another?
Instant house help brings speed and structure, but workers face tighter control and rising pressure in their jobs.
Cheng Li-wun will be the first sitting chair of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang to visit the mainland in a decade, in a trip analysts say is laden with political signalling ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Beijing next month.
President Donald Trump’s call for US allies to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz is a test for South Korea, says RSIS’ Jaehan Park.
Over the decade, Mongolia has been flooded with cheap, end-of-life hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) from Japan. The final instalment of a CNA series on Asia’s EVs looks at how the country could be turning into a green technology dumping ground.
The satellite firm Planet Labs told customers, including major news outlets, that it was acting on the Trump administration’s request as it announced it was implementing “an indefinite withhold of imagery” in Iran and across the Middle Eastern countries where the widening
It will offer 24-hour operations when open in October, unlike Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport with an 11pm-6am curfew.
The energy crisis is affecting India's vulnerable migrant labourers who face mass unemployment and food shortages.
MOSCOW, April 5 - A cargo ship carrying wheat sank in the Sea of Azov after coming under attack from Ukrainian drones, a Russia-installed official said on Sunday, leaving one person dead and two missing.
April 5 - Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday discussing the group's disarmament before Israel fully implements the first phase of the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire was an attempt to continue what it called a genocide against the Palestinian people.
April 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump said his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on critical infrastructure is Tuesday evening, according to an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
DHAKA, April 5 - Bangladesh on Sunday launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting more than a million children as a fast‑spreading measles outbreak sweeps across the country.
BEIJING, April 5 - China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday.
April 5 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Syria on Sunday for talks with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, as Kyiv seeks to promote its military expertise across the region following the outbreak of the Iran war.
Dhaka has ramped up vaccination efforts in the worst-affected areas.