Machines are now performing activities that absolutely refuse classification under traditional economic models. They do not harvest wheat. They do not stamp steel on assembly lines. They do not smile at hotel reception desks. They think, they optimize, they create. Their share
The number of newborns dropped 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to about 706,000.
Liquidity issues at the United Nations are often dismissed as a technical budgetary complication. But the reality is that funding shortfalls undermine collective global security. The UN’s regular budget for peace and security, sustainable development and human rights promotion
The operations represent a new element in China's expanding presence across the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
Kwok Yin-sang is the first family member of an activist to be convicted of a national security offence.
The impact damaged the low-voltage system that powered the door handles, rendering them inoperable.
The woman suffered a cardiac arrest after hanging in midair.
Kim said they could get along if the US accepts that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons are here to stay.
Data centre capacity in the region is projected to triple from 2025 levels by 2030.
Mr Turnbull told AFP that an elected head of state could heal Australia’s “tribal” politics.
Disruptions from 12.30am to 3.30am are expected until March 14.
Feb 25 - Nepal will hold a national election next month, its first since deadly youth-led anti-graft protests toppled the government of then-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in September.
Nepal’s youth unemployment rate is the highest among all of South and South-east Asian nations.
KATHMANDU, Feb 26 - At a training centre in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, Rahul Pariyar carefully hooks his harness to a rope, learning the basic skills he will need for painting walls, cleaning high rises and other construction work in the United Arab Emirates.
Kwok Yin-sang is the first person to be charged and convicted of dealing with funds belonging to an "absconder" under the city's national security law.
The Trump administration’s recently released National Defense Strategy reaffirmed its commitment to building a “Golden Dome” capable of stopping any “advanced aerial attacks” on the US, including conventional and nuclear-armed cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles, as well
The 78-year-old Lai, however, remains detained for a separate national security case.
Seoul is considering joining a NATO initiative to help finance weapons purchases for Ukraine.
Ms Ardern, 45, and her family were seen house hunting in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
AI’s conversational structure can reveal a user’s internal reasoning and intentions.
The elevator carrying the 20 visitors stopped about 30m above the ground.
It comes days after a court jailed him on separate national security charges.
The ban could escalate into a sensitive ethnic or religious issue in the city.
A motel in Busan can charge up to $670 per night leading up to the BTS concert in June.
He was asked at a forum to give one-word reactions to various personalities.
The 33-year-old will still face federal charges in the US and is due to appear in court on Thursday.
The shots were fired at the vehicle from about 1m away.
He will not be required to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
Samsung Electronics raised prices for the first time in three years.
SYDNEY, Feb 26 - Fiji and Tuvalu will host key meetings in the lead-up to the COP31 climate summit in 2026, the Pacific Islands Forum said on Thursday.
The move could make it the first country in Asia to impose nationwide levies on both sugar and salt.
She has made increasingly prominent appearances over the past three years.
SEOUL, Feb 26 - The daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a military parade held in Pyongyang on Wednesday night, state media footage showed on Thursday, amid speculation that she is being groomed as a potential successor.
Officials aim to bring all remaining operations under control by April.
The three-and-a-half-hour failure occurred between 3am and 6.30am.
A journalist recounts the night a mob torched the Daily Star, trapping 28 staff on the roof.
Malaysia hopes that food pilgrimages, farm stays and wildlife treks will lure visitors.
This election will be the first since deadly youth protests toppled the government in 2025.
New evidence reveals what happened when 19 people were shot dead in Kathmandu last September.
A Feb 4 sewage leak in south Wellington has seen millions of litres of untreated sewage flush into the sea.
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He excluded any discussion with South Korea.
The US Supreme Court's decision to block a pillar of US trade policy has caused yet more uncertainty.
SEOUL, Feb 26 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said prospects of North Korea-U.S. relations depend entirely on the attitude of the United States, while excluding any discussion with South Korea, state media KCNA said on Thursday.
Police say the 85-year-old, taken from his home almost two weeks ago, was not the intended target.
