SYDNEY, Jan 13 - The director of one of Australia's top writers festivals resigned on Tuesday saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and warning government moves to ban protests and slogans in the aftermath of the Bondi mass shooting threatened free
Mr Gor, 39, previously served as Mr Trump’s head of presidential personnel appointments.
Investors are now asked to detail their overseas income and financial investments.
Some 180 writers, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have withdrawn from the event.
The move follows criticism from President Trump, whom the former PM had criticised earlier.
SYDNEY, Jan 13 - Australia's ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd is stepping down, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday, a year earlier than expected following criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Rudd, a former Australian prime minister, is
Myanmar denies genocide, says offensive was counter-terrorism campaign.
Beijing is reportedly set to give the green light for Chinese technology firms to import Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips, even as an industry heavyweight warns companies not to become overly dependent on foreign semiconductors. Both Alibaba Group Holding and
TORONTO, Jan 12 - Two Canadian Members of Parliament are ending a trip to Taiwan early this week ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to China, they said in a statement on Monday.
HOUSTON, Jan 12 - Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude cargoes amid the U.S. oil embargo on the OPEC country have made u-turn and are now heading back to Asia, LSEG shipping data showed on Monday.
The Gambia accuses Myanmar's leadership of carrying out "brutal and vicious violations" against the Muslim minority group.
The talks come as Pakistan's defence industry moves forward with a series of defence procurement negotiations.
The Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dashcam footage shows him behaving aggressively after chasing after a car down in his Ferrari.
The director-general of Malaysia's border agency publicly apologised for the disruption.
Sri Lanka's request for Chinese assistance came three weeks after India pledged US$450 million in humanitarian aid for cyclone recovery.
LONDON, Jan 12 - Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X on Monday to determine whether sexually intimate deepfakes produced by its Grok AI chatbot violated its duty to protect people in the UK from content that could be illegal.
The earlier heist involved stolen gold worth more than 35 million baht (S$1.4 million).
Nearly 15,000 people lost their jobs after protests toppled the government in September 2025.
More than 27,000 people applied for the temporary police jobs on the first two days of applications, Nepal police spokesman Abinarayan Kafle said.
A new bleak-sounding app has been downloaded in droves by many youth who live by themselves - and fear dying alone.
COPENHAGEN, Jan 12 - Finnish police said on Monday they had lifted the seizure of a ship which had been held on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, although the investigation continues.
LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 12 - Investors have piled fresh bets on gold and European defence stocks in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take control of Greenland, fearing a geopolitical rift that could end NATO, shatter the global order and damage the dollar.
The hearings at the International Court of Justice will mark the first time that Rohingya victims of the alleged atrocities will be heard by an international court.
The Maduro regime was always likely to end abruptly. Reports that US forces encountered little resistance—and that Venezuela’s president had come to rely on Cuban security rather than his own military—say less about American might than about how completely Nicolas Maduro had
China was the largest market, followed by the US.
Dhaka says it has deployed its law enforcement agencies in villages close to the border.
TOKYO — Investors betting against a MAGA-fied Federal Reserve are rapidly getting used to disappointment. On Friday (January 9), as Fed Chair Jerome Powell has since detailed in a video message, US President Donald Trump’s administration threatened a criminal indictment via
Garbage has been piling up at several landfills in the region.
Defence Minister Khaled Nordin said they will review and improve tender and procurement processes.
Ai's cognitive abilities had been studied extensively since she was brought to a Japanese institute in 1977.
“India’s journey today is not merely about development; it is also a journey of psychological renaissance.” — Narendra Modi “Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times.” — Xi Jinping India and China — the
Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut was the top choice for PM among 32% of 2,682 people polled.
The injured people were taken to several nearby hospitals for further treatment.
Twenty people were reportedly involved in the explosion.
The team said its process eliminated over 95 per cent of micro and nanoplastics within 10 minutes.
Sergio Gor tells reporters in Delhi "real friends can disagree but will always resolve differences".
Thousands of travellers were affected by the flight cancellations.
The sitting has been moved from Feb 3 to Jan 19 and 20.
Jan 12 - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his four-decade rule on Thursday in an election that has renewed questions about the 81-year-old leader's eventual succession.
The elections are being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule.
KAMPALA, Jan 12 - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to extend his four-decade rule in an election on Thursday after a campaign marred by violence and clouded by questions about who might eventually succeed him.
President Xi Jinping in 2025 called corruption “the biggest threat” to China’s Communist Party.
BEIJING, Jan 12 - China will focus its corruption crackdown on preventing misconduct from escalating into graft, according to a state broadcaster documentary series that highlighted the crimes of a disgraced former minister.