Jan 19 - Australia's Perseus Mining said on Monday that a second employee of a contractor firm passed away in a hospital, days after an accident near the gold producer's Bagoe mine in Cote d'Ivoire.
Some 983,000 individuals were disciplined in 2025, up more than 10 per cent from a year earlier, according to China’s top anti-graft watchdog.
JAKARTA, Jan 19 - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has nominated his nephew to join the central bank's board of governors, two sources told Reuters, amid growing concern about its independence as the government seeks more support for ambitious economic targets.
The multi-storey Gul Plaza shopping centre in Pakistan housed more than 1,200 stores.
For decades, global university rankings told a predictable story: American institutions dominated, with Harvard, Stanford and MIT as immutable peaks. That story is changing. In the latest Leiden Rankings, which measure research output, Harvard has slipped to third place behind
MANILA, Jan 19 - A lawyer filed an impeachment complaint against Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday, accusing him of betraying public trust by allowing his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte to be arrested and taken to The Hague to face trial.
At least 89 cases of violence against journalists were recorded throughout 2025.
Applications to medical schools began declining steadily from the 2022 academic year.
The court has set the case for mention on March 5, 2026.
Unlicensed riding and youth-related accidents have risen in the country.
People aged 65 or older accounted for more than two-thirds of all registrants.
The rise in marriages in the first nine months of 2025 is a bright spot in China’s otherwise grim population landscape.
WELLINGTON, Jan 19 - New Zealand and the Pacific nation of Kiribati signed a new partnership agreement on Monday, signalling a warming of ties that had cooled last year with New Zealand announcing a review of its development programme there.
SUZHOU, China, Jan 19 - Wedding vendors at Huqiu Bridal City in Suzhou, one of China's largest wedding dress markets, are hopeful the country's positive marriage trends will continue this year.
Police said they were investigating whether both suspects conspired in operating the drone.
Ms Rachel Bloor initially thought it was her labradoodle when she felt a heavy weight on her chest and stomach.
He was warned by staff from a resort and asked to stop his inappropriate behaviour.
Several female students at the school allegedly had their hijabs cut off because of their length.
One of the laziest truisms heard from political speeches, conferences or, dare I say it, newspaper columns is the claim that we live at “a time of uncertainty.” This is always true, for no one can ever know what the future holds. As 3,000 businesspeople, policymakers, media and
The expansion could enhance Hong Kong’s growing “travel” role for both international and domestic visitors.
The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades.
The National Meteorological Center issued a yellow alert for cold waves.
China's population has been shrinking since 2022 and is ageing rapidly, complicating Beijing's plan to boost domestic consumption and rein in debt.
On Sunday (Jan 18), Singaporean singer Iskandar Ismail edged out numerous celebrity singers from around the region to win the 12th season of Malaysian singing competition Gegar Vaganza.
The 12-year-old was jumping off a rock ledge in the Sydney Harbour when he was mauled by a shark.
China's fourth quarter GDP grew to 4.5 per cent from a year earlier, marking a three-year low and a slowdown from 4.8 per cent in the third quarter as domestic demand softened.
For the whole of 2025, the world's second-largest economy expanded 5.0 per cent, meeting the government's annual growth target.
To Lam, the current party general secretary, is seen as the lead contender for the top job.
The volume of gas discovered is enough to provide power to 5.7 million homes for a year.
The images from Tehran and other Iranian cities are undeniably dramatic. Protesters chanting for regime change, security forces firing on demonstrators, thousands reported killed in what’s being described as the largest uprising since 1979. The Washington think tank circuit is
Parliament was recalled two weeks early to begin debate on gun control and hate speech reforms.
SYDNEY, Jan 19 - Australia's parliament returned early on Monday with speeches and a moment of silence for those killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as victims' families watched from the public gallery.
The blast caused noticeable tremors in the area and sent large plumes of smoke into the sky.
The current logo has been used since 2001.
Signs of fracture on his left thigh indicate falling as a probable immediate cause of death.
One Nation recorded 22 per cent support in a poll, up from 15 per cent in the prior survey.
The party's current general secretary, Mr To Lam, is seeking to retain his role.
HANOI, Jan 19 - Hundreds of delegates from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party will gather Monday under tight security for a congress that will select the single-party country's top leader and set economic goals for the remainder of the decade.
Police praised the boy’s “gallant” young friends for going to his aid before officers arrived.
If the notion that the East is rising and the West is declining is part of China’s strategic discourse, it means Beijing believes time is on its side, says Lyle Morris of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
As Washington withdraws from 66 global institutions, China is expected to step up selectively rather than seek to replace the US as a new centre of authority, analysts say.
LONDON, Jan 18 - Britain's populist Reform UK party won another defector from the country's once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives' foreign policy team, who said it was time \"to put country before party\".
India’s worsening ties with its neighbours have fuelled attacks on citizens accused of being foreigners.
Analysts say community-based sentencing risks being misused if applied unevenly.
The increase has done little to reduce the massive trade imbalance in favour of China.