BRUSSELS, July 2 - The European Union expressed concern on Thursday about China's new law on ethnic unity which went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against people outside its borders.
BANGKOK, July 2 - Eight Buddhist monks were killed and more than 20 others injured after being hit by a pickup truck driven by an 11-year-old boy while on a pilgrimage in Thailand's northeastern province of Mukdahan, officials said on Thursday.
Very few tourists can enter North Korea, and then under tightly controlled conditions.
The 66-year-old, who died in the crash, had anxiety and referenced "ending his life" in his diary.
NEW DELHI, July 2 - Amazon said on Thursday it will take \"appropriate action\" against a third-party delivery partner in India once a police investigation into a fire that killed two workers concludes.
Restrictions were lifted after a request from the taxi industry, which faces a shortage of drivers.
The pilot had suffered from insomnia and anxiety, Beijing’s Chaoyang district government said.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also cited the situation in Gaza, Israel’s “incessant bombardment” of Lebanon, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the civil war in Sudan as signs that pointed toward a greater devaluation of respect for international norms and laws.
NEW DELHI, July 2 - India and Japan signed pacts on Thursday to boost their cooperation in artificial intelligence, metals, energy, and prepared a joint roadmap for economic security, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after talks with his Japanese counterpart Sanae
Some of those arrested travelled to Taiwan on tourist visas for the World Cup betting operation.
The ads, which were subsequently removed, featured female models in various sexually suggestive poses.
The 11-year-old drove his parents' truck into a group of 35 monks and five lay followers who were walking along a road.
The government says it wants to have women in at least 30 per cent of the legislative seats.
Human rights groups believe the true death toll could be in the tens of thousands, arguing that many killings went undocumented.
BEIJING, July 2 - Senior Chinese lawmaker He Wei will attend the funeral of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Thursday.
BISHKEK, July 2 - Kyrgyzstan asked Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to help ensure stable fuel supplies late on Wednesday, amid concerns over potential shortages linked to Ukraine's drone strikes against Russian oil refineries.
The suspect was an 11-year-old boy, said to have taken his parents’ pickup truck without permission.
Parking payments and enforcement operations returning to normal
Applicants will be assessed based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria.
Measures include doubling parking fees and staggered government office timings.
NEW DELHI, July 2 - The government of India's national capital territory of Delhi has announced a spate of measures to curb air pollution during winter, months ahead of the annual season when the city often becomes the world's most polluted.
During his life, Indro played an important role in mitigating conflicts between wild elephants and humans.
The party had said the move was aimed at preventing Perikatan votes from going to Pakatan Harapan.
SEOUL, July 2 - South Korean authorities have consistently discriminated against U.S.-based Coupang, a campaign that escalated with numerous investigations after a data breach at the e-commerce firm last year, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said in an interim report.
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The presence of an envoy of Pope Leo highlights the warming ties between Vietnam and the Vatican.
Owners of such stores cite difficulties in finding suitable staff and rising wage costs as reasons for adopting the model.
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological principle. Now, as new telescopes both on Earth and in space, such as the Dark
On June 29, France thought it had found its way back into the Strait of Hormuz. Hours after French President Emmanuel Macron and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said agreed in Paris to clear the strait’s mines and guarantee “free and unconditional” passage, Tehran killed the
TAIPEI, July 2 - Super Micro said on Wednesday that two workers at its Taiwan unit had been detained pending a court hearing and two others released on bail after being questioned by Taiwanese prosecutors investigating the alleged illegal export of advanced AI servers
India’s IT ministry said the feature could materially increase online fraud and phishing, among other crimes.
Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. The government announced this week it will fund Noetra, a new consortium of SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC and Honda, to build a national AI foundation model
July 2 - In Russia's grain belt, farmers fret they will not be able to harvest their crops as a fuel crisis sparked by Ukraine's drone attacks on oil refineries and depots disrupts daily life.
All five major South-east Asian economies, including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, are in the same tier and above.
Canberra in April announced it would raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2033 from about 2%.
In an update on July 2, Chinese authorities said the pilot, 66, suffered from long-term insomnia and anxiety.
History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane. The invention of the shipping container did not announce itself as a revolution in global trade. The rise of the mobile phone was initially dismissed as an expensive novelty for
The chants evoked the deadly 1980 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Gwangju.
Experts describe the capital Naypyitaw as purpose-built to guard its closed-ranks rulers’ secrets.
The plunge in Asia follows a Wall Street selloff in semiconductor shares overnight.
He says drones represent a “game-changing opportunity” to enhance the island's security.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan, July 2 - Taiwan needs a \"hornet's nest\" of drones to help deter conflict and provide security, the top U.S. diplomat to the democratically governed island said on Thursday.
The authorities fear the cases could damage Thailand’s image as it seeks be a regional aviation hub.
The push comes as South Korean consumer culture continues to surge globally.