HANOI, Oct 14 - The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Vietnam are set to sign a free trade deal on Sunday, officials said this week, after long-stalled talks were relaunched last year amid global tensions over US tariffs.
Six people were pulled out alive, including two children reported to be in critical condition.
The authorities plan to focus on areas upwind of airports.
The Hokkaido Shimbun journalist is accused of collecting information on Moscow's defence capabilities for Tokyo.
Takaichi is a self-described workaholic.
The judge said there were no special circumstances warranting a stay of the sentence.
The light on the current sign will be turned off on Nov 30 to allow renovation work to begin.
The most consequential changes in a democracy do not always arrive with a constitutional crisis. Rather, they come through appointments, legal amendments and seemingly ordinary political bargains, accumulating one after another until the political system begins to look
There were expectations that Najib Razak could soon be transferred to house arrest, following a royal pardon in a separate case.
BANGKOK, Oct 14 - Barbados is joining a group of countries calling for the establishment of an international panel to address inequality, at a time when heightened geopolitical tensions, climate change and rapid technological advances threaten to widen the divide between
The youth leaders were sent to custody on charges of trespassing at Jantar Mantar, a now denotified protest site.
Lawyers in Indonesia have filed a class action case claiming "negligence, omission and failure" on the part of the government that has resulted in "a massive public health crisis".
The measures come after two suspected cheating attempts involving smart glasses were detected.
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 - European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday to weigh up the future of trading ties with China, whose surging exports of cars and other manufactured goods are threatening to harm local industry and cause mass layoffs across Europe.
The 731 sets of remains were exhumed from a tree-shaded public park.
Anojan Sivarasa's case sent shockwaves through Sri Lanka, spurring diplomatic efforts to seek clemency.
The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, which was relocated to Malaysia’s Sepang circuit as a one-off event, drew 827 million viewers worldwide, according to Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Taufiq Johari.
This accounts for 37.9% of the nation’s 173.9 million total BNPL transactions.
HANOI, Oct 14 - Vietnam and the US have nearly completed negotiations covering a trade deal, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc said on Wednesday at an event in Hanoi, though US officials appeared more cautious.
SEOUL, Oct 14 - Former US Vice President Kamala Harris urged governments and technology companies on Wednesday to urgently put safeguards in place for artificial intelligence, warning that the window for containing its gravest risks was closing.
It's the latest indication of a growing alignment between Russia and China to pressure PM Sanae Takaichi's government.
The leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were detained on Tuesday (Oct 13) for entering Jantar Mantar.
NEW DELHI, Oct 14 - An Indian court ordered that two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party and police said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted
The debate over artificial intelligence has settled into a familiar rhythm. Will large language models eventually wake up? Do they possess an inner life, or are they merely sophisticated mimics of human output? Researchers disagree, and so do philosophers. A 2025 survey of 582
Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, is preparing what could be the largest initial public offering in history, raising more than $100 billion, according to The New York Times, at a valuation near US$2 trillion. According to Reuters, which reviewed the draft prospectus
A Taiwan Coast Guard ship this month fired its water cannon at a Chinese fishing boat near the Pratas Islands.
There are allegations that Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana breached election laws.
Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained on Oct 13 for entering Jantar Mantar.
The race drew about 261,000 spectators, sold more than 97,000 tickets, and reached 827 million viewers worldwide.
External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also offered an assessment of US' new approach to the world.
Châtaigniers en fleurs, also known as Chestnut Trees in Blossom, is expected to receive record bids at auction this weekend.
Poor visibility hampers water-bombing, while offers of foreign help remain under review.
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the global economy faces serious risks from Big Tech firms taking on massive debt to fund the buildout of artificial intelligence data centers worldwide. The IMF’s latest Global Financial Stability Report outlines a number of
Oct 13 - The US Justice Department has agreed to forgo prosecution of a former CIA analyst and White House National Security Council official who was accused of working as an unregistered agent for South Korea in exchange for luxury goods and other gifts.
DPM Zahid said Beijing has offered its advanced forecasting systems.
The opening of the new bridge signals further progress in bilateral relations between Beijing and Pyongyang, weeks after North Korea opened its first road bridge with Russia.
As the US Navy lays the groundwork for its next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine to replace its aging fleet, the US’s longstanding undersea supremacy faces an intensifying test against China’s rapid naval buildup, advancing acoustic stealth and superior shipyard capacity. The
CCTVs have been installed at up to 533 Malaysian boarding schools to improve safety and monitoring.
Around 13,460 citizens came back from Australia in the 12 months through March – the most since September 2021.
A Taiwan Coast Guard ship in October fired its water cannon in the South China Sea.
The shut down has prompted concerns among activists over shrinking democratic space.
Stilt houses in villages north of Bangkok are no longer high enough to stay dry.
The plaintiffs want the government to declare a national emergency to release resources for fire containment and recovery.
The Indonesian environment minister also outlined plans to tighten land-clearing laws to prevent future forest fires, including scrapping an exemption allowing small-scale burning under traditional practices.
The understated Casios tap into a broader global trend in how status is displayed.
The New Yalu River bridge links China’s north-eastern border city of Dandong to North Korea.