TOKYO, Dec 8 - A Chinese carrier strike group sailing close to Japan kept up intense air operations on Sunday as it sailed into the Pacific Ocean east of the Okinawa Islands, Japan's Self-Defense Forces said Monday.
The provisional turnout rate was 31.9 per cent, according to a government statement.
Quantum computing may be the asymmetric weapon China deploys to finally roll back decades of US military dominance. This month, Nikkei Asia reported that China’s rapid push into quantum computing is emerging as a potentially decisive military equalizer, with experts warning
The Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy represents something far more consequential than another episodic shift in American foreign policy. What we’re witnessing is the formal codification of a worldview that rejects the animating premises of US
This comes after Beijing-Tokyo relations soured over the past month.
JAKARTA – Indonesia is preparing to take a technically neutral yet symbolically significant step in its economic evolution: the redenomination of the rupiah. The plan, long discussed within the government and Bank Indonesia, aims to simplify daily transactions and accounting by
BANGKOK – Thailand seized more than US$300 million in a new crackdown against international criminals allegedly laundering money through two banks in Bangkok from online scam centers in neighboring Cambodia and Myanmar but the top suspects are still at large. “The individuals
The map below is a depiction of The Deluge, a historical event in which the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — which had been a major European power — was defeated and destroyed under the combined assaults of Russia and Sweden in the 1600s. After having its power broken, Poland
SYDNEY, Dec 8 - An Australian firefighter was killed overnight after he was struck by a tree while trying to control a bushfire that had destroyed homes and burnt large swathes of bushland north of Sydney, authorities said on Monday.
While the Trump administration’s recently published National Defense Strategy (NDS) represents a significant realignment of US foreign policy objectives, the NDS continues a longstanding bipartisan effort on at least one key front. As a passage on page 20 of the document reads:
Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan's population.
The company said it will release guidance shortly on how customers can return the dishes.
The country lags behind when it comes to women in leadership positions.
The ban is anticipated to come into effect on Jan 1.
It is the first arrest that the national security police have confirmed in relation to the fire.
BERLIN, Dec 8 - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul heads to China on Monday for his first visit as Berlin toughens its stance on Beijing over trade disputes and geopolitical conflicts, in line with European partners.
The deaths of more than a dozen poll workers amid India's massive voter roll revision exercise have set off a controversy.
The archipelago recorded at least 940 deaths, while Thailand and Malaysia reported death tolls of around 276 and three respectively.
The Economist’s word of the year, published on December 5, could not have been more apt for the document that emanated from the White House on that same day. The word is “slop,” an old term that apparently has found a new use as a descriptor for drivel, fake or otherwise,
ROME, Dec 7 - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke by phone on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of his planned visits to London, Brussels and Rome for talks on the peace process, her office said.
The BBC spoke to under-16s who will be banned from social media from December 10 to get their thoughts on the world-first policy.
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire.
Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic in one of Goa's bustling nightlife areas.
MOSCOW, Dec 7 - The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's move to stop calling Russia a direct threat and said his new national security strategy, which portrays European powers as in decline, largely accorded with Russia's own perceptions.
The airline cancelled more than 2,000 flights after failing to create a pilot roster in line with new rest rules.
JERUSALEM, Dec 7 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the U.S. president's Gaza plan was close.
He and another prisoner will return home on humanitarian grounds on Dec 8.
Diseases included diarrhoea, fever or myalgia, triggered because the "environment and places of stay have not recovered post-disaster," Indonesia's health ministry said.
ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of residents at the lone hospital in the area.
Anti-obesity drugs have quickly become popular for aesthetic weight loss in South Korea.
Tanah Datar, a regency in West Sumatra, is one of the areas in Indonesia still reeling from the impact of the cyclone.
MCA's decision to cut ties with DAP implies it will leave BN should the latter continue cooperating with PH.
The warnings were issued as rains lashed areas already devastated by Cyclone Ditwah.
Officials are calling it a delay, instead of a ban, likening it to age restrictions on alcohol, tobacco and driving.
Most of the dead were said to be the club’s kitchen workers, as well as three to four tourists.
The calculator's enduring reliability equates to millions of sales each year for Japan’s Casio.
Both countries have expressed concern over the US president's plans to build a missile shield.
He also doubled government funds to expedite tax refunds to small businesses.
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when powerful rains lashed the South East Asian country last week.
The city government said the final turnout in the Legislative Council election was 31.9 per cent.
The meeting comes as the authorities scramble to contain public anger over the blaze, in which poor oversight and shoddy materials used in a renovation have been cited as causes of the fire's devastating spread.
