BEIJING, Oct 30 - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier stressed the need for China to help preserve the international order during talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, where Xi called on both countries to help forge a more equitable and stable system of
TOKYO/BANGKOK, Oct 30 - Japan is pushing a global financial crimes watchdog to remove Myanmar from its blacklist to make it easier to do business there, the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state's military-backed government in from the cold.
Three airlines’ ticketing operations effectively halted.
US publisher Activision said it will remove the footage entirely.
A joint rescue operation was being carried out by the district administration.
Japan-South Korea ties are on the upswing. After a recent decade of some of the tensest relations since normalization, Seoul and Tokyo appear to be setting aside their differences as they enter a new phase of closer cooperation and active diplomatic initiatives. Under Kishida
The airline said the incident is being investigated and is not affecting its systems or operations.
ATLANTA, Oct 30 - Deep rifts over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are likely to derail unified actions or statements at a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the world's 20 largest economies in Atlanta, experts and diplomats said.
Or has US economist Stephen Roach changed his mind about Hong Kong’s survival and identity?
BEIJING, Oct 30 - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Swiss President Guy Parmelin hailed an upgraded trade agreement between the two countries on Friday, which bucks a broader global shift towards protectionism.
The cause may have been a cooking gas cylinder explosion, police say.
China said that the patrols were a "necessary countermeasure in response to the Philippines' rights-violation and provocative acts".
In November 2023, three engineers left a South Korean semiconductor testing-components company for a Chinese employer offering twice their previous salaries. According to South Korea’s Intellectual Property Office, they allegedly took proprietary probe-card designs, arranged
Gilbert Teodoro has been among the most vocal critics of China’s military buildup in the South China Sea.
TOKYO – Nothing unsettles investors quite like being told not to panic. Yet as the peso trades near all-time lows, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offers that reassurance, urging Filipinos to stay calm even as financial markets signal the opposite. The peso’s 8.1%
Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were charged over an incident in 2024, when England's cricket team was touring Pakistan.
Long lines formed at airline check-in counters, causing severe congestion.
The electoral contest is taking shape as political parties unveil their respective candidate lists.
Vantara, known as the world's biggest rescue centre, is criticised for its huge animal collection.
Authorities called for evacuations within 6km of the crater.
It is also considering extending the ban on repeat test-takers caught cheating.
It’s almost hard to remember, but just a few years ago, a lot of very smart people thought that science was in terminal decline. Respected researchers were writing papers with titles like “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?”, “Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over
The eruption lasted nearly six minutes.
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 - The United States plans to soon ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers on national security grounds — a measure designed to prevent scam-related robocalls.
The historic Punakha Dzong has been closed until further notice "in the interest of public safety".
Six Bersatu lawmakers signed the agreement committing to support Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government, where PH is the largest coalition, through to the end of the current parliamentary term.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Ma Teresa Lazaro met Myanmar counterpart Tin Maung Swe in the capital Naypyitaw on Thursday (Oct 29).
US Senator Chris Murphy disclosed on October 28 that he was among the members of Congress recently briefed behind closed doors on the Trump administration’s discussions of a possible post-midterm assault on Iran, and he came away with a startling assessment: “Their plan is
With nomination day on Oct 31, shifting alliances complicate an already crowded contest.
SEOUL, Oct 30 - North Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement published by state media KCNA on Friday that the South Korea-US Freedom Flag air defence drills were increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
SEOUL, Oct 30 - South Korea will respond firmly to protect the military border with North Korea despite claims by Pyongyang that it is conducting operations on its side of the line, Seoul's national security adviser Wi Sung-lac said on Friday.
Jensen Huang said Nvidia's relationship with Singapore-based Megaspeed International officials was proper and the company had checked that Megaspeed did not illegally divert Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China.
ZURICH, Oct 30 - When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his Swiss counterpart, Guy Parmelin, on Friday, the two will be marking one of the most favourable trade deals Beijing has granted a European country, bucking a broader global shift towards protectionism.
Authorities are stepping up efforts to tackle cheating involving the devices following a series of incidents this year.
The publisher's print sales in 2025 fell to one-eighth of their peak in the 1990s.
Other senior Indonesian figures urge calm as disputes over energy supplies and haze test bilateral ties.
The concocted romance between the characters of two classic Chinese novels have delighted netizens.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said its military detected "around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Wonsan area of North Korea towards the East Sea", also known as the Sea of Japan.
Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.
Consumers are visiting convenience stories less because of rising costs of living.
SYDNEY, Oct 30 - An Australian woman convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms lost an attempt on Friday to appeal her conviction, with a court also quashing her chances of parole.
Patterson was found guilty in 2025 of murdering her husband’s parents and elderly aunt.