The Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was cited as saying by state news agency Xinhua that the economy got off to a better-than-expected start this year.
CCTV footage circulating on social media showed children at the Little Aresha daycare centre in Yogyakarta, most under two, lying on the floor wearing only diapers with their hands and feet bound with rags.
JAKARTA, April 28 - The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers completed work to extract survivors still trapped in the wreckage.
Habitat loss remains the core challenge.
Some seemingly regular events are so massive in their implications across various domains that they deserve their own write-up. TSMC’s highly unusual public complaint of ASML’s latest EUV pricing falls in that category. Not only because the “very very expensive” complainer is
The explosion that tore through the Ummul Qura International Madrasa in Keraniganj on December 26 last year followed a very familiar trajectory. What initially appeared to be a possible accident — perhaps a gas leak — quickly shifted as investigators recovered improvised
Foreign minister Penny Wong vowed to work closely with Japan to “navigate global disruption”.
MOSCOW, April 28 - Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, causing a fire, authorities said on Tuesday.
An NGO said the number of executions and death sentences more than doubled in five years since 2020.
China’s rapid rise in science has hit a milestone. The country’s investment in research and development has reached parity with – and by purchasing power measures has surpassed – that of the United States, according to a March 2026 report from the Organisation for Economic
Naphtha is a liquid essential for making a key ingredient in many medical supplies.
BANGKOK – As the United States struggles to find an early exit from the prospect of yet another forever war in the Middle East, recent weeks have seen its treaty ally, Thailand, again wrestling with its own forever war, an apparently intractable conflict along its southern
The e-commerce giant is based in the US and is widely popular in South Korea.
At least 14 people were killed and 84 wounded in the crash.
One elderly said she prefers a robot's consistency to a human masseur.
There is a recurring temptation in American foreign policy to treat legal argument as a substitute for strategic thought. The controversy over Operation Epic Fury has yielded a remarkable specimen of this tendency. That the United States acted outside the bounds of
He paid a courtesy call to Deputy President of the Senate, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed.
Some of the offences were related to culture - including the consumption of K-dramas and K-pop.
JAKARTA, April 28 - The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers worked to extract survivors still trapped in the wreckage.
Rescuers were seen using grinders to cut through the metal of the train compartments.
The arrested include 11 child carers, the headmaster and the head of the foundation running the centre.
The museum aims to tell the story of the Pacific galleon trade from the perspective of Filipino mariners.
The draft laws have been designed to stop tech giants from stripping news from their platforms.
Military says it spotted a transfer of illicit goods in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
The Strait of Malacca has come into sharper focus following the effective shutdown of the Hormuz strait by Iran.
When King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday (April 28), he will become only the second British monarch to do so. His mother delivered the first such address in May 1991, in a Washington flush with Cold War victory and Gulf War triumph, with
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 28 - U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal on resolving the two-month war, a U.S. official said, dampening hopes for a resolution to the conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fuelled inflation, and killed thousands.
Vehicles left unattended, especially overnight, are among the most vulnerable.
Ms Teo added that scammers are increasingly exploiting artificial intelligence (AI).
Participants came from as far as Sabah and Sarawak, with some crossing over from Thailand.
Many countries have imposed temperature controls at government workplaces since the war began.
WASHINGTON, April 27 - A U.S. official said on Monday that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address Iran's nuclear program.
China has vowed to safeguard domestic enterprises after the United States imposed sanctions on a Dalian-based oil refiner and several Hong Kong-registered shipping firms over alleged involvement in the Iranian oil trade and shipments. The US Treasury Department’s Office of
Whether Prime Minister Manele is ousted or not, China's presence will remain extensive, experts say.
The Taliban has banned women from most public sector jobs and put restrictions on girls' education.
Taipei has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch.
The move underscores US eagerness to push Iran to the war's negotiating table at all costs.
In a case that has gripped the nation, dozens of children have allegedly been mistreated at the centre in Yogyakarta.
Their company was sanctioned for its deep ties to Iranian crude.
China is no longer just a consumer market, but a manufacturing base and launchpad for competing with Chinese automakers globally, says IMD Business School’s Mark Greeven.
Around one in three workers in China are now in flexible jobs, led by a younger generation seeking greater autonomy despite the trade-offs. The second of this two-part series focuses on people drawn to this way of working, rather than those pushed into such roles.
A new Chinese outpost at Antelope Reef won’t create legal rights but will shape control over disputed waters, says a maritime law professor from Western Sydney University.
According to 2025 data, Malaysia imported over $200 million worth of plastic scrap weighing nearly 460,000 tonnes.
Two trains collided on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital on Monday, killing at least 14 people.
An exchange of gunfire between an armed suspect and law enforcement outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday came days ahead of a deadline for extending far-reaching government surveillance powers, and President Donald Trump wasted no time in claiming that the