HANOI, Jan 23 - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party wraps up its 14th five-yearly congress on Friday, after meeting to select its top leader and set key targets until 2030.
Two major US investors accused Seoul of mounting a campaign against Coupang following a data breach.
Marcos said he was diagnosed with diverticulitis, an inflammation of small pouches in the wall of the large intestine.
The fire is believed to have been caused by an overheated humidifier.
Air pollution cost India an estimated 1.36 per cent of gross domestic product in 2019.
TAIPEI, Jan 23 - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Friday offered talks with Ukraine to crack down on sanctions-busting after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy name-checked the island as a source of illicit missile components.
Zelensky said Russia would not be able to produce missiles without critical components sourced from Taiwan.
The 63-year-old rallied over 450 plaintiffs across Japan in a landmark lawsuit seeking damages from the government.
Take a look at the marvel that is modern China. The endless gleaming lines of bullet trains. The air taxis and the drone delivery services and the driverless cars. The bubble tea franchises and the cavernous malls and the fast fashion and the pay-with-your-face apps and the
He pleaded not guilty to all four charges read to him.
The search continues for missing people after a landslide hit a popular campsite in Mount Maunganui.
As the US locks in the long-delayed F/A-XX, the program has become a test of whether its carrier airpower can avoid strategic erosion in a Pacific increasingly shaped by China’s scale, proximity and mass. This month, the US Senate Committee on Appropriations moved to lock in
Mohd Nizam Jaffar, 59, pleaded not guilty to abuse of power and misappropriation in offences linked to the Armed Forces Welfare Fund.
She is counting on her Cabinet’s high poll numbers to steer her otherwise unpopular party to victory.
ByteDance retains a 19.9 per cent stake in the joint venture - keeping its ownership below the 20 per cent threshold stipulated by the law.
It was built by Evergrande, a Chinese real estate developer.
The hands-on training supposedly helps prepare people for living in temporary shelters.
Trump's track record of acting on his stated threats and promises, coupled with his repeated warnings and assurances, have escalated the protests and shaped the regime’s response. The post Not acting in Iran could ruin Trump’s rep, even bring on civil war appeared first on
Political spats brewing since the tragedy last month have overshadowed a national day of mourning.
The police are checking if some people had left without informing authorities.
WELLINGTON, Jan 23 - New Zealand emergency crews continued to search on Friday for victims of a landslide that ripped through a busy campground on the country's North Island the day before due to heavy rains.
“The Middle East has oil,” Deng Xiaoping is reported to have remarked. “China has rare earths.” Deng was visiting one of China’s biggest rare earths mines, in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in 1992 when he made that observation about the vast deposit of critical minerals in his
The World Economic Forum meeting at Davos shows that the room for manoeuvre is narrowing for middle powers, says US politics observer Steven Okun.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington welcomed Iraq's initiative to detain Islamic State members in secure facilities in Iraq while also urging nations to repatriate their citizens in these facilities \"to face justice.\"
The country’s game industry has been outstripping the combined export value of K-pop, dramas, movies and books for years.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - The Trump administration is allowing China to purchase Venezuelan oil but not at \"unfair, undercut\" prices at which Caracas sold the crude before the U.S. removed President Nicolas Maduro, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump is putting pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine and argued that conditions are evolving favourably from the perspective of western powers.
BRASILIA, Jan 22 - Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad would like President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to appoint his executive secretary, Dario Durigan, to succeed him once he leaves the post in coming weeks, two sources said.
President Donald Trump promised Thursday that his newly established “Board of Peace” will not “be a waste of time,” just after the leaders of several countries signed its charter in a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, where leading figures are gathered for the World Economic
Indonesia ready to grow and co-invest with partners, but investment must rest on respect for the rule of law.
PARIS, Jan 22 - The French navy intercepted a sanctioned Russian tanker in the Mediterranean on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron said on X.
It should capitalise on its diversity, neutrality and growing resilience, the panel said.
Jan 22 - Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security.
Some employers are considering a “thorough review” of salary structures for current and future expatriates and, if necessary, the relocation of certain roles or workers to other countries.
Jan 22 - Increased cooperation between China and Russia is a source of concern for NATO, the top commander of the trans-Atlantic alliance Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to ease economic pressures on households and restore US economic strength. Central to that promise was the claim that tariffs would revive manufacturing and rebalance trade in America’s favor. Once in office, the
The prime minister had issued an apology in December, which some relatives said was insufficient.
It would allow 418 students who had been awarded the scholarship to complete their degrees.
The technology allows the authorities to not only track where money is going, but also programme how it flows.
DAVOS, Jan 22 - Gaza's border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday.
In the initial collision, a Honda rear-ended a Proton, prompting the drivers to exit their vehicles to inspect the damage.
After the sermons and prayer, a dangdut singer in a skin-tight tube dress took the stage.
Deepak U's family alleged that he faced online harassment after the woman posted a video that went viral.
Donald Trump is changing the world. Foreign policy is no longer hiding behind legal masquerade, it is becoming real. It is no longer based on “values”, be they left-liberal-woke or neo-con, and it no longer acts universalistically in multilateral structures, but through
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
The syndicate allegedly offered passport renewal service online to Malaysians residing overseas.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
The law requires companies to give users advance notice when services or products use generative AI and requires them to clearly label content, including deepfakes, that cannot readily be differentiated from reality.
China’s installed capacity of wind power has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years.