June 1 - The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar's rebel armies has left at least 55 dead as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site, witnesses said on Monday.
The technology giant's boss Jensen Huang called the move the "reinvention of the computer".
About 40 stations and commercial buildings in Japan have used the system to prevent suicide.
SEOUL, June 1 - Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, authorities said on Monday.
Analysts said its move challenges the likes of Apple, Intel and AMD in the PC domain.
The building collapsed before dawn on May 24, trapping workers and damaging nearby establishments.
For a country born out of a bloody partition from Pakistan in 1971, political transition in Bangladesh has rarely been a peaceful affair. The assassination of President Ziaur Rahman on May 30, 1981, at a government circuit house in the port city of Chattogram, followed a
On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in north-eastern Somalia. Over the following days,
China has created an ecosystem of more than 40 specialist labs that produce cutting-edge research.
June 1 - Every year, several hundred young adults head to the steppes of northern China to learn about rare earths at schools like the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology.
It marks the former junta chief's first foreign trip since becoming president after a widely criticised election.
President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to end the war with Iran has taken an unexpected turn. Instead of focusing only on a ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program, Trump now appears to be linking any broader peace settlement to Arab and
Primary support for One Nation rose 4 percentage points to 31 per cent from a month earlier.
SYDNEY, June 1 - Australia's far-right populist party One Nation overtook the ruling Labor party in a national opinion poll for the first time, buoyed by voter discontent over the centre-left government's recent budget measures.
BEIJING, June 1 - China's Coast Guard on Monday said it had conducted \"law enforcement\" patrols in Taiwan's eastern waters in response to Japan and the Philippines' plans to launch maritime border delimitation talks, which overlap with areas China claims.
Authorities said they received 30 calls reporting a loud blast and smoke coming from the site.
DIY publications including zines are growing in Japan, especially among the younger generation.
MANILA, June 1 - The Philippines and Vietnam are elevating their ties to an enhanced strategic partnership, President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday during a state visit by Vietnam's top leader To Lam to Manila.
The board said it is monitoring and has contained vulnerabilities in its online grading portal.
Part of the first basement floor ceiling collapsed, sending water pouring onto the floor.
China's worst coal mining disaster in 15 years comes amid an ambitious pivot towards green energy.
China’s toughest crackdown yet on offshore brokerages is closing a popular route to overseas markets for mainland investors. Analysts say the move is about more than investor protection.
Cambodia says it is carrying out its toughest crackdown yet on online scam centres, with hundreds of facilities targeted. In the first of a two-part series, CNA goes on the ground to find victims stranded and signs of operations shifting into smaller urban sites, while experts
Psi Samut Scott revealed his trauma publicly after family inaction to "preserve image".
Recent robberies in the Indonesian capital have raised safety concerns among travellers.
Despite reports of robberies in the Indonesian capital, Singaporeans whom ST spoke to are still flocking to the city.
Figures happy to back Anwar's unity government over 3 years ago are now distancing themselves from the embattled PM.
Milos Vystrcil is leading a business delegation on a visit to Taiwan this week.
May 31 - At least 55 people were reportedly killed in a blast in Myanmar's Kaung Tat village, which a rebel army said was caused by the accidental explosion of material stored for use in mining.
Insurgents say it was caused by explosives being used for mining close to the Chinese border.
Major social media platforms will have to verify users’ ages and bar children under 16 from registering accounts.
So far, five men have been freed from the narrow, flooded cave but efforts are ongoing to locate two more.
Speaking to CNA's Leong Wai Kit on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr also defended recent military exercises with allies, and blames China's "expansionism" for tensions in the South China Sea.
A boat is about to hit the bridge. That is where Zhang Zeduan’s Along the River During the Qingming Festival begins to reveal its secret. Beneath the great arched bridge, boatmen shout, ropes tighten, a mast is being lowered, and a heavy river vessel struggles through a crowded
A Laotian rescue group said the information on the cave system from the recused men was "considered substantial" and "being used to prepare the search plan for the remaining two people".
TAIPEI, May 31 - Taiwan's presidential office condemned China on Sunday after the New York Times said one of its reporters was expelled from the country following an interview the newspaper did with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.
China’s defence minister may not have attended this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue but the country still loomed large and remained at the centre of discussion.
Growing threats to critical underwater infrastructure, such as telecommunications cables and energy pipelines, underscore the need for stronger maritime defence capabilities, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles told CNA's Tan Qiuyi on the sidelines of the
BEIJING, May 31 - A mine shaft collapse during an illegal mining operation in China's southwestern Yunnan province killed five people and injured one, state media reported, days after the country's deadliest mining accident since 2009 left at least 82 dead.
The typhoon is expected to approach the southern island of Okinawa and the Amami Islands.
The United States, however, remains central to the region’s security.