Four months out from the critical November midterms, President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address on Thursday night (July 16) attempting to sow doubt about the integrity of US elections, repeating well-worn lies about the 2020 contest that he lost and claiming to have
This marks the latest in a series of such incidents across the country.
WASHINGTON, July 17 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads this weekend to meetings of Asia-Pacific countries in Manila, where he is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart to prepare a possible September summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President
Dozens have reportedly been killed since June ahead of a vote for the region’s legislative assembly.
There are fears that Johor's Forest City will return to being a "ghost city" if Network School pulls out.
GENEVA, July 17 - A United Nations meeting this week heard calls for an end to ageism and better protection against what campaigners say are hidden abuses as negotiations began on a treaty to strengthen the rights of older people.
Hydrogen trains use fuel cells to generate electricity, emitting only water and steam.
Two men are claiming the Negeri Sembilan throne. The Aug 1 state election could lower political heat but won’t resolve the royal standoff, say experts.
The gap between Beijing’s stated growth rates and actual economic performance is widening considerably, says expert.
In a moment of brazen hubris in the Oval Office last year, US President Donald Trump railed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He accused Zelensky of not being thankful for US support in Ukraine’s existential struggle against invading Russian forces, and famously told
It "was preventable but not prevented, and foreseeable but not foreseen", says leading counsel.
Its founder said the company had employed dozens of Malaysians and supported local tech start-ups.
North Korea builds 21 new military structures, suspected to be rocket launcher storage facilities.
Locals in Johor’s Forest City tell CNA the startup community has boosted businesses but add that anyone found breaching Malaysia's immigration laws should face action.
The authorities earlier announced a probe into allegations that the commune hosted Israelis.
Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China's DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.
WASHINGTON, July 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his effort to make election security a central issue in November's midterm elections, asserting that China interfered in the 2020 presidential campaign despite a U.S. intelligence assessment that found no evidence to
TAIPEI, July 17 - Taiwan faces an extremely difficult diplomatic situation because China is suppressing the island \"everywhere\", Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said on Friday after Papua New Guinea said it was closing Taipei's representative office in the country.
The move aims to hold offenders responsible for the impact brought on victims and their families.
Residents have raised concerns regarding access to sunlight, excessive heat and noise, and feeling of oppression.
The landslide occurred during an evacuation on the morning of July 17, burying some people.
AI cities abound in ASEAN regional headlines, as if the future had already arrived. Numbers pale compared to spending in the US, where the so-called hyperscalers alone have poured well over a trillion dollars into AI data centers since 2022. But resources permitting, ASEAN is
The Taiwanese government has now proposed a new, NT$210 billion (S$8.3 billion) defence package to the end of 2031.
The Rim of the Pacific Exercise is billed as the world’s largest international maritime exercise.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan, July 17 - Taiwan must heed international calls to share the responsibility for \"collective defence\", President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, appealing for parliamentary support for new spending on drones.
The Financial Times published a piece on July 15 alleging that “Ukraine to buy Chinese drone parts with EU funds.” According to the newspaper’s sources, “Kyiv has obtained a carve-out for part of a €6 billion tranche to purchase drone components from China”, following the
New Zealand earlier reported its first confirmed detection in a migratory seabird.
SHANGHAI, July 17 - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China's premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge U.S. influence over the rules governing the fast-moving sector.
The law now allows the adoption of male distant relatives aged over 15 back into the imperial family.
For three decades, India was the world’s back office. During the next three decades, it may become the world’s AI workshop. That possibility lies behind one of the most consequential questions facing India’s economy. Artificial intelligence threatens the very industry that
This month, multiple media outlets reported that satellite imagery showed a detailed, full-scale replica of a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in China’s remote Taklamakan Desert. Construction of the 155-meter mock-up began around October 2025 at the
Their eldest sister, who had been receiving the goods, said they were arrested for “supporting terrorists.”
The revised law aims to address the issue of the shrinking royal family.
DUBAI, July 17 - Iran said it launched fresh attacks on U.S. facilities in the Gulf on Friday after a sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes on Iranian military facilities, as last month's truce descended into daily attacks and counterattacks.
AI has become a strategic pillar of China’s industrial policy, driven by state investment.
SEOUL, July 17 - North Korean state media on Friday called South Korea a \"puppet\" following its participation in a maritime exercise led by the U.S., saying Seoul and Washington would need to bear responsibility for any \"unpredictable escalation\" in the region.
The latest legal revision makes no mention of female or maternal-line emperors.
However, it is unclear if Starlink will be interested in making its satellite service available to the island.
"We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country's security over that of others," said China's President Xi Jinping.
The ministry said the move “severely undermined” Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in Britain.
Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingyas have disappeared since leaving Myanmar on 29 June.
