MUMBAI, Sept 4 - Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal's Trishuli River on Friday, nine days after a glacier collapse caused a torrent of ice, rock and mud that killed more than 1,300 people and left over 5,600 missing.
PM Anwar has little reason to rush GE16, despite growing pressure from UMNO and PAS.
BEIJING, Sept 4 - China's state-owned shipping giant COSCO rejected allegations it used concealed equipment on its vessels to collect intelligence for Beijing, calling the claims \"totally unfounded\" and false.
Fires have spread around Nusantara, with the biggest now at Bukit Suharto just 50km away.
The vast archipelago has been battling for weeks to contain fires.
BEIJING, Sep 4 - President Xi Jinping is preparing a large business delegation to accompany him on his visit to Washington, two sources said, an unusual move given U.S. scepticism towards Chinese investment and Beijing's strained ties with private enterprise.
Following the arrest of 52 Singaporeans in Guangxi, CNA speaks to lawyers in China about the laws governing pyramid schemes and potential penalties for different levels of involvement.
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Bessent gives orders to Japan’s Katayama and UedaScott Foster reports that US pressure on Japan to strengthen the yen and raise rates is colliding with Sanae Takaichi’s
Taiwan correspondent Yip Wai Yee reflects on her four-year journey in this special farewell episode.
"My responsibility was to save everyone's lives. When there was such a big accident, it was not right for me to run away," said mechanical foreman Sanjay Shah.
With data centres draining power and water, the government is rethinking its approach.
Serian recorded an air pollutant index reading of 515 as of 5pm on Friday after haze there worsened overnight. Readings above 400 are classified as “very hazardous”.
NEW YORK – America’s trade deficit just widened to US$88.6 billion, its largest since March 2025 — and the political reflex in Washington is almost certain to be more, not fewer, tariffs and trade restrictions. The irony is that the number doesn’t mean what US President Donald
Following the Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in May this year, their governments offered strikingly different public accounts of the meeting. Beijing’s official readout called Taiwan “the most important issue” in the
From searching for a buried tunnel entrance to blowing up rocks the size of cars, rescuers had to surmount multiple challenges to reach survivors.
Nine Singaporeans are still missing and unaccounted for more than a week after devastating floods in Nepal.
His three-day visit is aimed at boosting political and business ties with the one-party state.
MANILA, Sept 4 - A Philippine court on Friday ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with a criminal case accusing her of making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the first lady, and a former House speaker.
A conviction could remove her from office and derail her presidential bid in 2028.
Hydropower projects account for most claims, according to a top official at one of the country’s leading insurers.
MUMBAI, Sept 4 - The devastating flood in Nepal last week could result in commercial insurance losses exceeding 20 billion Nepali rupees ($132.3 million), with hydropower projects accounting for most claims, according to a top official at one of the country's leading insurers.
As Chinese exports keep surging, Western tariffs increasingly blur the line between defending fair competition and protecting industries from superior global competitors. The European Union has threatened “harsher measures” as it approaches an October 2026 deadline to conclude
The crackdown is part of an unprecedented food-safety drive in India.
Police were alerted to a “small scuffle” involving the sailors in the early hours of Sept 3.
Most people around the world have probably come to know the American aircraft carrier in much the same way: through US Navy publicity films, Hollywood blockbusters, television news and political debates. For decades, these images taught us what an American carrier was supposed
Any pullback in spending could weigh heavily on Nepal’s roughly $57 billion economy.
KATHMANDU, Sept 4 - Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after a ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands.
Kenya's President William Ruto orders India's Tata Chemicals to quit, saying it has failed to benefit the country.
The men were named as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor.
The proceedings were initiated by the Inland Revenue Board following the two men’s failure to settle tax arrears.
As at Sept 1, 50,000 individuals had been affected by food poisoning cases, a lawmaker said.
The opening moves of a future US-China war over Taiwan may be made not across the Pacific but hundreds of kilometers above it, as both sides race to seize the orbital advantage that underpins modern military power. The US and China are accelerating preparations for potential
The retention indicates preference for continuity in financial policy.
The increase underscores tension at the heart of Takaichi’s economic agenda.
A 15-member Australian Disaster Assistance Response Team was deployed following a request from Nepal’s government.
At least 900 people are believed to be trapped in tunnels after a fatal ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley.
More than one week after devastating floods tore through Nepal, some of the hardest hit areas remain cut off by road. CNA flew by helicopter along the Trishuli River to see the magnitude of the devastation.
More than one week after devastating floods tore through Nepal, some of the hardest hit areas remain cut off by road. CNA flew by helicopter along the Trishuli River to see the magnitude of the devastation.
September will be a crucial month, Indonesia’s forestry minister has cautioned, with experts saying the country may not have reached the peak of this year’s fire season yet.
The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.
Between January and July, at least 285,914 hectares of land have been burnt across the country.
There were six near-misses at Sydney Airport in about a month.
In the first four months of recovery, the estimated cost to rebuild roads would be about $66.7 million.