China has vowed to use its new container port in Chancay, Peru to boost trade with South American countries – and create an alternative channel to ship its products to the United States. In 2019, the state-owned Cosco Shipping Ports acquired 60% of the Chancay port from a
Some experts have called for greater urgency over the pace of reform, while others praised Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s commitment and staying power.
The indictment will intensify political attacks on India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his proximity to billionaire Gautam Adani, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Andy Mukherjee.
The higher wages must be attractive enough to stop workers in Johor from moving across the border.
Start-ups offering services like virtual ritual prayers and astrology services took off during the pandemic.
The mother of two is now waiting for an independent medical assessment.
Chinese hackers are positioning themselves in U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a clash with the United States, a top American cybersecurity official said on Friday.
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would keep testing its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat and had a stock ready for use.
PARIS - Gautam and Sagar Adani knew their renewable energy company was under U.S. investigation for suspected bribery when they sold part of India's largest solar park to France's TotalEnergies, prosecutors allege in legal documents reviewed by Reuters.
MOSCOW - Russia said on Friday that Ukraine had returned 46 Russian citizens who were taken there after Ukrainian forces seized a chunk of Russia's western Kursk region in August.
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's hypersonic missile carried a simple message to the West over Ukraine: back off, and if you don't, Russia reserves the right to hit U.S. and British military facilities.
NEW DELHI - Opposition politicians from Indian states named in the U.S. indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani denied any wrongdoing on Friday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party said they had to answer for contracts signed while they were in power.
A newspaper had claimed Indian PM Narendra Modi knew about plots to intimidate Sikh separatists in Canada.
OTTAWA - Canada, which expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations they were involved in a plot against Sikh separatists, denied it had evidence Prime Minister Narendra Modi was linked to violence on Canadian soil.
ROME - Four Italian soldiers were lightly injured after two rockets exploded at a UNIFIL peacekeeping force base in southern Lebanon, the Rome government said on Friday, expressing outrage at the incident.
The foul air severely impacts children, with devastating effects on their health and development.
A minister later clarified that the corporate executives who went along paid their own way while the government covered the costs for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s delegation.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Angry crowds gathered in the remote Pakistani mountain town of Parachinar on Friday, incensed by an attack on an escorted convoy of buses in which 40 Shi'ite Muslims died after being sprayed with automatic fire in an ambush.
The Japanese government will table a supplementary budget by the end of the year in the lower house.
A teachers’ retirement fund has some US$1.4 billion in exposure to Chinese yuan and Hong Kong dollar assets.
While there is concern over trade policy, US investors remain bullish on business with Asean.
A total of six foreign tourists have now died of suspected methanol poisoning in the Laos backpacker hot spot.
Holly Bowles died in hospital more than a week after first falling ill in a Laos tourist town.
The tax authorities say they have recovered some $2.4 billion from these tax dodgers as at October.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif. The court claims both sides have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes from
In the final weeks of his presidency, Joe Biden, has agreed to give Ukraine a further hand in shaping the land war against the Russians. On October 17, he granted permission for Ukraine’s armed forces to use the long-range ATACMS missiles against targets in Russia, a move that
Four of the bodies were decomposed, while the rest were only bones.
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to Kyiv's use of U.S. and British missiles against Russia.
For Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump’s win couldn’t come soon enough. Putin may reportedly accept a deal where Moscow gains significant territory in Ukraine (about the size of the US state of Virginia) and Ukraine remains neutral and forgets about any plans to join NATO or the EU.
An Australian appeals court has overturned an earlier ruling that favoured designer Katie Perry.
MANILA – After years of negotiations and delays, the United States and the Philippines have finally signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), which will facilitate sensitive intelligence-sharing and cybersecurity cooperation in anticipation of a
SEOUL - South Korea's national security adviser Shin Won-sik said Russia has provided North Korea with anti-air missiles and air defence equipment in return for sending troops to support Moscow in its war against Ukraine.
Moscow is also reportedly helping Pyongyang with its spy satellite programme.
Six tourists who were travelling in Laos have died from suspected methanol poisoning.
Jakarta is a key battleground in Indonesia’s Nov 27 regional elections. Former president Joko Widodo is backing Mr Ridwan Kamil while former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is supporting PDI-P’s Pramono Anung.
Separately, Thailand's Election Commission also launched a probe into Thaksin’s alleged influence.
The country has abandoned diplomacy since his second summit with Donald Trump collapsed in 2019.
MELBOURNE - India's Adani Group, whose billionaire chairman has been indicted for fraud by U.S. prosecutors, is facing accusations of racism at its Australian coal unit after an Aboriginal group filed a complaint with the country's Human Rights Commission.
AUKUS partners are cranking up the hypersonic arms race with a bold new pact, pooling resources, testing and cutting-edge technologies in a bid to outpace rivals like China. This month, Breaking Defense reported that the US, UK and Australia have signed a new agreement under
SEOUL — The Bank of Korea rarely finds itself at the center of the global economic discourse. Yet the team led by Governor Rhee Chang-yong is on the front lines of the two biggest 2025 imponderables: the experience of the US and Chinese economies and their respective markets.
