Currency traders betting on a rebound in the yen would be wise to look past the officials currently in charge and listen instead to policy veterans who know better. Over the last year as the yen was recording three-decade lows, officials such as Finance Minister Shunichi
WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty this week to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that could end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia.
Visiting Bangkok? Fashion lovers can drop by EmSphere to check out Gucci Visions, an exhibition that looks at the most significant highlights from the label's rich history, which runs until Jul 21. In partnership with Gucci.
Chinese regulators are in the process of wrapping up a two-month “spring clean” of the country’s social media. Launched on April 23, 2024, by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the latest Qinglang – “clean and bright” – campaign aims to penalize Chinese social media
The struggles of local English teachers could be due to non-teaching duties and a lack of training and confidence among those in rural areas, experts say.
Huang Jie made history as Taiwan's first gay MP, but she and others say more needs to be done.
Beijing said Ottawa should focus instead on its own issues with discrimination.
Beijing has expressed serious concerns following Washington’s proposal of a set of detailed rules that would restrict and monitor United States investments in China for artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing. The Chinese Commerce Ministry on Monday said
Concerns about theft of US expertise have subjected Chinese students to unwarranted suspicion.
The near-fatal showdown between Chinese and Philippine maritime forces in the South China Sea last week raised fears of unwanted escalation in the disputed waters. A Filipino serviceman suffered physical injury after a large contingent of Chinese forces collided with and then
“Digital deficit” has become a buzzword in Japan as the annual balance of payments deficit in digital services has more than doubled over the past five years to about ¥5.5 trillion ($34 billion) and imports of AI processors go through the roof. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google
A Chinese woman who was aboard the bus is in critical condition.
Muslim Abuumar is executive director of the Kuala Lumpur-based Asia Middle East Centre.
Concerns remain that it failed to investigate government officials complicit in trafficking crimes.
DUBAI - Iran and Bahrain have agreed to start talks about the release of Iranian funds frozen in Bahrain and resuming diplomatic ties, Iran's state media reported on Monday.
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Monday that Ukraine makes its own targeting decisions after the Kremlin directly blamed the United States for an attack on Crimea that it said was carried out with U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles and that killed at least four people and injured
DUBAI - A merchant vessel in the Arabian Sea reported an explosion in close proximity to it on Monday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
The US Air Force faces a budget battle over retiring F-22 Raptors and funding next-gen fighters, sparking debates on strategic priorities and future air dominance versus near-peer adversaries. This month, Airforce Technology reported that the US Government Accountability Office
The suspects had planned for the murder to look like a fatal accident, said the police.
WARSAW - Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday during a visit to Beijing that he hoped China would help find a solution for peace in Ukraine that respects international law.
Experts say Manila needs to step up in the face of a more aggressive Beijing in the South China Sea.
BEIJING - Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels.
Shahjahan Bouya also wrote a top-selling book narrating his experiences as a hangman.
MOSCOW - Two people jumped to their death from the top floors of a burning eight-storey former Russian electronics research institute on Monday and at least six others died in the fire, state-run TASS news agency reported.
PARIS - France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Monday sought to reassure European allies over his commitment to Ukraine and readiness to stand up to Russia if he became prime minister, but made clear where his government's support for Kyiv would stop.
Retail sales of diesel dropped by 8m litres daily, while the purchase of commercial diesel has risen by 4m litres daily.
Russian missiles killed at least four people and wounded 34 others, including two children, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Monday, the regional governor said.
CAIRO/RAMALLAH - Reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah due to be held in China this month have been delayed and no new date has been set, Palestinian officials said on Monday, underlining dim chances of Palestinian unity even as Israel presses its Gaza offensive.
President Biden provoked Russia’s attack on Ukraine by proposing to bring the former Soviet republic into NATO, former President Trump Donald Trump told the popular “All In” podcast June 21, a bombshell statement unreported by mainstream US news media. “Biden was saying all the
BANGKOK - Thailand will resume sending agricultural workers to Israel this week after an eight-month hiatus, the Thai labour ministry said on Monday, with a target of having more than 10,000 of its citizens working in the country by year-end,
Experts say more information needs to be released given the public nature of the latest disruption.
Investigations are under way to determine the links between the suspects.
MOSCOW - Russia, the world's biggest nuclear power, has started updating its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, citing an earlier statement by President Vladimir Putin.
MANILA - A Philippine court acquitted the fiercest critic of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody \"war on drugs\" in the last of three narcotics cases on Monday.
Some in Sungai Bakap have said they will not vote to show their unhappiness with the government.
A roadmap is being designed to rejuvenate the sinking and congested city.
The Hokkaido prefectural government hopes to enact the taxes by spring of 2026.
As a shipping, logistics and regional financial centre, Dalian is seen as a gateway for the country’s northeast to the world.
The Russian president’s trip to North Korea alters global calculations, spreading instability worldwide. Even China may now be interested in distancing itself from him. Shortly after establishing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, China entered one of its
The Russian president’s trip to North Korea alters global calculations, spreading instability worldwide. Even China may now be interested in distancing itself from him. Shortly after establishing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, China entered one of its
The Medan Metropolitan Police Department shared the list showing the alleged suspects in their full police uniforms that was subsequently posted on social media.
