BANGKOK, Feb 9 - Thailand faced a realignment of conservative politics on Monday, with coalition talks expected to start soon after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party clinched a stronger-than-expected victory in general elections.
In an exclusive interview on Europe Today, the EU's chief diplomat says the Kremlin is not taking the Ukraine talks seriously as Brussels ponders appointing a special envoy to represent the 27 at the negotiating table.
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other U.S. tech giants are amping up India hiring.
Tehran detains top reformists and tightens pressure on dissent while juggling nuclear talks with Washington and rising military threats from the US and Israel.
Few professionals tend to live as long, or mature as slowly, as architects. Frank Gehry died late last year at the formidable age of 96, with several projects still under construction. But he’d only really been Frank Gehry for the past half-century or so: not in the sense of
MOSCOW, Feb 9 - Russia remains open for cooperation with the United States but is not hopeful about economic ties despite Washington's ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
South Korea's government aims to introduce another Bill widening regulatory control over digital assets.
The Seattle team produced a devastating defensive display to beat the New England Patriots.
"Real household income" is what you can actually swallow after taxes and inflation. In the north, high prices ate up the entire meal. In the east, wages grew fast enough to beat the bill.
A temporary 17-kilometre ice road has opened between Saaremaa and Hiiumaa to provide an alternative route for residents as ferry services are disrupted by heavy sea ice.
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia starting on Monday, an official trip on behalf of the government to deepen ties with the country. The royal's visit follows a 2025 trip to
People of all faiths will overcome "evil" together, Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on Monday as he laid a wreath at Sydney's Bondi Beach to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival. The Israeli head of state paid homage under rain and
Top experts of the ESIR group will continue providing the Commission with evidence-based policy advice to support the development of EU research and innovation (R&I) policy. Following the renewal of its mandate, the group held its inaugural plenary meeting on 6 February in
A centuries-old Chinese medicinal root is getting new scientific attention as a potential game-changer for common hair loss. Polygonum multiflorum, long believed to restore dark, healthy hair, appears to work on multiple fronts at once—blocking hair-shrinking hormones,
The historical drama “The King’s Warden” stormed to the top of the South Korean box office in its opening weekend, according to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. “The King’s Warden” earned $4.9 million from 761,832 admissions between
There are, presumably, some well-meaning civilians who have entered politics and found the experience nothing but societally beneficial and personally character-improving — but few to none of them are to be found in the movies. That balance doesn’t change with “Master,” a story
The proposed ban is meant to address leakages under the BUDI95 scheme.
Police say the "transnational" criminal group has been in operation since 2017.
Demand for European weapons production and exports is high. EU gun laws vary across member states, and creating a single EU framework is hard. Can the EU break this fragmentation? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.
The European Union does not have a strong gun ownership culture or much public debate about firearms, yet it has become one of the world’s top exporters of small arms and light weapons.
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 13, as rescue teams continued to search for missing people beneath the rubble, Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Monday. Rescue workers in the northern
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary
A consolidation among Chinese carmakers is flooding markets from São Paulo to Dubai
The Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports into the EU of sweetcorn from the People’s Republic of China. The definitive anti-dumping duties imposed range from 31% to 54.3%. Imposing these duties will help to re-establish fair competitive conditions on the EU
Tony winner Ben Platt is set to take the London stage in the U.K. premiere of “Midnight at the Never Get,” a musical from “KPop Demon Hunters” songwriter Mark Sonnenblick. The production will take place at the Menier Chocolate Factory and is set to be directed by Drama Desk and
Anna Chlumsky, nominated for the Emmy Awards six times for “Veep,” has signed on opposite Leslie Bibb, Actor Award nominated for “The White Lotus,” in the Cold War crime series “Top of the Rock” from Iceland’s leading production company, Truenorth, alongside Mystery Productions
In her debut feature premiering in Berlin's Panorama section, Elle Sofe Sara takes us into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic region of Sápmi, where the indigenous Sámi live.
Pucha and his family have spent years building a 'living laboratory' and a vital seed bank in the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle.
Plan for a new national security strategy would further accelerate military spending.
TOKYO, Feb 9 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead with a defence expansion that China has condemned as a return to militarism.
Bad Bunny made history on one of the world’s most coveted stages, while Donald Trump ranted about the artist’s message of unity being “an affront to the Greatness of America”.
Several hundred people protest on one of the beaches of Telde, on the island of Gran Canaria, to denounce fish-farming activity close to the shoreline.
Anutin Charnvirakul's party has significantly increased its number of MPs but will only have a parliamentary majority with coalition partners. Analysts say there is a chance of stabilisation in Thai politics after the turbulence of recent years.
The telecommunications company has said it is aware of the issues.
BEIJING, Feb 9 - China's policy towards Japan will not be changed by one particular election, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine will soon reach 1500 days. In the entire last year, Russian forces advanced on average between 15 and 70 metres per day. They seized just about 0.8 percent of Ukraine's territory, despite the heaviest casualty rate suffered by any
Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly dominated by fast-growing “sprinter” trees, while slow-growing, long-lived species
Wuthering Heights hits cinemas, Aardman Animations celebrate 50 years of stop-motion classics, and the Berlinale Film Festival begins. Here's what's in store this week.
Disney’s “Zootopia 2” again led the China box office for the Feb. 6–8 weekend, taking RMB25.9 million ($3.6 million) and lifting its cumulative total to RMB4.5 billion ($634.1 million), according to Artisan Gateway. The market continued to soften in the days immediately ahead
The final day in Paris delivered top-level judo and unforgettable moments. Gold medals for Oino, Ozbas, Tajima, Bellandi, Arai, Dicko and Nakano thrilled the crowd, as Paris once again proved why it is the heart of world judo.
The growing trend, both in Belgium and elsewhere, for low and zero alcoholic drinks shows no sign of abating. According to latest figures, the per capita consumption in litres of pure alcohol across the 10 markets surveyed has fallen by -20% since 2000 – an indicator not only
The pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Hong Kong High Court.
These days it seems like the only things to write about are politics and AI. I wrote about AI last time, so today I’ll write about politics. Here is my basic theory of American politics in the 2020s: The United States is a nation of moderates ruled by a fringe of extremists.
She was accused of bilking taxpayers of at least US$8.5 million (S$10.8 million) while in office.