JAKARTA, Jan 27 - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday appointed President Prabowo Subianto's nephew, Thomas Djiwandono, as a deputy governor of the central bank, adding to concerns about the institution's operational independence.
SEOUL, Jan 27 - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was hiking tariffs on autos and other goods imported from South Korea to 25%, citing Seoul's failure to legislate a trade deal agreed last year that capped U.S. levies on the items at 15%.
China-Japan diplomatic friction and Seoul’s easing of visas for Chinese tour groups among factors.
The ministry is actively verifying the reports through official channels.
The ferry’s caption, eight crew members and a safety marshal remain are among those still missing.
Academic freedom is often described as a cornerstone of democratic society. Politicians regularly claim to defend it, universities invoke it in mission statements and most members of the public say they support it in principle.
Orange PM2.5 levels mean air quality is starting to affect health.
Under the plan, access to the platforms' core services would remain free to use.
A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than crystallized. By around 500BC, methods to boil sugarcane juice into crystals were first
[The Conversation Africa] Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn't confined to poor, rural areas - it's a global threat that travels with people across borders.
The search for better oxygen carriers has long centered on one key question: how can we design metal oxides that can reversibly store and release lattice oxygen efficiently at lower temperatures? This reversible behavior underpins clean-energy technologies such as fuel
A new genetic study suggests that obesity and high blood pressure may play a direct role in causing dementia, not just increasing the risk. By analyzing data from large populations in Denmark and the U.K., researchers found strong evidence that higher body weight can damage
The US Navy’s troubled Zumwalt-class destroyer is being recast as a long-range hypersonic strike asset as the US adapts its naval strategy to intensifying competition with China. This month, multiple media outlets reported that the US Navy’s stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Congress should move to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if she does not resign from office. In a video posted Monday to the social platform X, the Democratic senator joined growing calls for Noem’s impeachment amid growing
This additional time is crucial for people to take necessary safety measures, the authorities said.
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) and Reps. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) went toe-to-toe in an hour-long debate on Monday night as the three vie for the Democratic nod to succeed retiring Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in March.
A team concluded that the school’s complaint response system failed to function properly.
Transparent electrodes transmit light while conducting electricity and are increasingly important in bioelectronic and optoelectronic devices. Their combination of high optical transparency, low electrical resistance, and mechanical flexibility makes them well suited for
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) urged the Trump administration to embrace a more measured tone in response to the officer-involved shootings in Minnesota, saying officials undermine their credibility by escalating their rhetoric before an investigation has taken place. In the latest
The local council has come under pressure for leaving campers exposed to the risk.
I'm usually looking for a bow that shoots chain lightning or something.
China is described as seeking to project global leadership and to fill a leadership vacuum left by the US under Donald Trump. This view, however, originates largely from Western sources. Chinese official discourse has remained markedly cautious on global leadership. Rather than
Journalists at the Persian-language TV station Iran International in London have been working flat out, vowing to "show the truth" about the protests in Iran, despite threats against them and their families. The private broadcaster, housed in a heavily-secured building in west
The Philippines has pivoted closer to Washington under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
MANILA, Jan 27 - The Philippine and U.S. militaries sailed together at a disputed South China Sea shoal this week, Manila's armed forces said on Tuesday, performing joint exercises to boost interoperability between the two treaty allies.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes to Tully, saying "his connect with India and the people of our nation was reflected in his works".
Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez met on Monday in Caracas with representatives of oil companies including Repsol, Chevron and Shell to discuss a hydrocarbons law reform now moving through the National Assembly, as her government seeks to attract private and foreign
The decision may indicate that the administration is walking back more aggressive immigration enforcement.
Ties between Japan and China have sunk to the worst level in years after her comments in November.
TOKYO, Jan 27 - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself from previous comments that suggested a possible military response in such an event.
When Vietnam veteran Ed Emanuel wrote the memoir “Soul Patrol” (2003), the gesture could have been likened to that of a marooned man sending out a message in a bottle. Although he’s had a decades-long career in the film industry, Emanuel had lived with troubled memories of
Every Pokémon fan’s childhood dream has come true: PokéPark Kanto, a sprawling Pokémon world, has come to life in Tokyo’s Yomiuri Land amusement park, complete with hundreds of life-sized Pokémon, two rides and countless hidden secrets to discover. Opening Feb. 5, PokéPark
Media Partners Asia hosted its first AETHER Summit in Singapore, convening senior executives from telecommunications, media, artificial intelligence, healthcare and investment sectors for discussions on how AI is transitioning from experimental technology to core
He said he is being treated for prostate cancer.
The requests signal an abrupt shift after years in which Tokyo tacitly accepted such trips.
'We support their needs, but we do not make it something special,' owner Xia Yujie said.
This was caused by natural and human factors, said the Natural Resources and Environment Sustainability Ministry.
Texas is a big place that can feel so small sometimes. Just ask comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who clearly gets it. Born in New York, but raised in the suburbs of Dallas Fort Worth, she made her break from the Lone Star State right after high school and never looked back. Well,
Seoul plans to introduce 10 tram sets in stages through May.
Customers from Malaysia and as far away as China, US come to buy Sarawakian Ronny Chin's lion heads.
The plaintiffs said North Korea was marketed to them as "paradise on Earth".
Last week, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC) Scientific Leadership Team member and Earth & Planetary Sciences Professor Noah Planavsky co-authored a peer-reviewed comment in npj Climate Action titled "The importance of radical transparency for responsible carbon
As the Dark Energy Survey (DES) releases its final results, we caught up with two physicists who've been involved in the project from its early days. In this Q&A, Josh Frieman, DES co-founder and associate laboratory director for fundamental physics at the Department of
President Trump renewed his threat to tariff films made overseas on Monday, but also suggested that he would offer “low-interest bonds” to help stimulate domestic production. In an interview with the New York Post, the president did not explain his proposal but indicated he is
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) expressed regret on Monday for voting last week to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a statement on Facebook, the moderate Democrat said the backlash from his constituents — paired with the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis
China's industrial profits rose 0.6% in 2025 from a year earlier, snapping three consecutive years of declines, as Beijing sought to rein in excessive price competition.
Users reportedly complained the were targeted with ads based on things they had said, even when they hadn't activated their smart devices.