With Beijing keeping its rare earth refining technology, equipment and technicians at home, Washington is funding private refiners to develop new ways to process the strategic metals rather than copying Chinese methods. A senior US official told Asia Times that American
TAIPEI, Oct 23 - Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, though the storm is weakening and is not expected to make direct landfall on the island.
The key meeting, which begins Monday (Oct 26), could offer clues about Beijing’s priorities ahead of 2027, observers say.
Businesses in sectors like hospitality and farming say they rely on migrant labour to fill gaps.
View the location of the earthquake’s epicenter and shake area.
Kim Aris talks to RFA after his first direct contact in 5 years with his mother, under house arrest in Myanmar.
Lawmakers are calling for a failed attack on the Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple in Aurora, Illinois, to be investigated as a hate crime. On October 11, 2026, as hundreds of Hindu worshippers gathered for the first day of Navaratri, a celebrationover nine nights of the divine
Advocates demand full release of Myanmar's former leader after her first contact with family in 5 years.
Five months after its founding, India’s Cockroach Janta Party, known as the CJP, has revealed what youth-led democratic movements can achieve – and how hard they are to sustain. The movement was formed in May 2026 to protest the government’s cancellation of medical school
The palm oil cultivation company said the hotspots detected within its estate between January and Oct 21 were in “community enclave areas”.
A report released on Wednesday warns that the investment boom in artificial intelligence is a financial bubble that is “primed to pop” and harm working-class Americans if lawmakers don’t take concrete steps to shield them from the damage. The report, produced by Open Markets
Oct 22 - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
The epicentre was in a county in Nagqu, northern Tibet, at a depth of 10km.
Oct 22 - South Korea's international aid agency has decided to bring back one of its two staff members from its office in Ukraine's capital on safety grounds, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
V Harish, who ran the hugely popular Instagram account "Finance with Harish", was found dead on Tuesday.
Foreign visitors will scan their passports to receive refunds in cash or on their credit cards upon departure.
Those convicted face the death penalty, life imprisonment or a prison term of at least seven years.
Amid fears that the war on Iran could worsen after the US mid-term polls, a question: Is Tehran overplaying its hand?
"This matter must be approached with care and compassion. The adolescent involved is still growing and developing," said Sarawak's Minister of Women, Children and Community Well-being Development Fatimah Abdullah.
The haze has become ordinary to many Indonesians, who choose to remain unmasked despite the conditions.
PHP developers released urgent fixes on Oct 21 for vulnerabilities that had lurked in the software for years.
BANGKOK, Oct 22 - The son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday that he had spoken with his mother for the first time in more than five years while she remains under house arrest.
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 - The nephew of Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said he was forced to remove several pieces of art documenting youth protests from his exhibition at a government-run cultural centre in New Delhi this week, as they were deemed \"objectionable.\"
Bukangi the shark became an unlikely sensation after it was spotted in a canal in Busan weeks ago.
So far, Cambodian courts have issued arrest warrants for 32 accused individuals.
For now it can continue its political activities, including contesting the Melaka state election.
"She was able to say she was in good health, but being 81, things aren't getting any better," said Kim Aris of his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi.
New South Wales Police say inquiries took place "following a report of inappropriate content being shared".
SEOUL, Oct 22 - A shark that South Korean authorities spent hours guiding into the open sea has swum back into a canal in the port city of Busan, eluding a net that was meant to prevent her return.
Kim Aris, who lives in the United Kingdom, spoke to ex-leader from Myanmar's embassy in London.
Jakarta plans to prioritise domestic needs over gas exports, said a senior minister.
Businesses in Pakistan say the closure of key border crossings with Afghanistan has left goods stranded, disrupted sales and forced exporters to take longer, more expensive routes to Central Asia.
Claims that Waze collects sensitive government information or lets others exploit user data are completely false, the company says.
A poll conducted in early October by a research firm showed about 62 per cent of the public opposed the programme.
One lesson has to do with the strength of the party’s extensive network of pre-schools.
In his speech, Xi called for comprehensive social progress while maintaining stability.
Japan is particularly vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on legacy software and outsourcing.
For two decades, data centers were relatively safe, lucrative real estate investments. They attracted investors because they served as digital infrastructure — the essential plumbing that keeps the internet running. The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increased
Lee Biscuits is reportedly exiting snack manufacturing to consolidate its assets.
China’s development of specialized naval auxiliaries designed to transport, launch and recover submarine-sized uncrewed vessels signals an assertive push to project autonomous undersea power beyond the First Island Chain and systematically challenge US submarine dominance in
But it stopped short of recommending a permanent ban on the firm from federal government work.
The Malaysian Embassy in Kathmandu was working with local authorities to pursue any remaining leads.
Workers at the Taoyuan plant are pushing for a bigger share of the company’s earnings.
When MSCI floated the idea of downgrading Indonesia to a Standalone Market, anxiety quickly swept through Jakarta’s financial community. Predictably, alarming headlines immediately pointed to foreign capital flight, stock prices dropped and local regulators quickly moved to
At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kmh near its centre.
The outage comes a day after the government banned civil servants from using navigation app Waze.
The shark - nicknamed Bukhangi by fans - has drawn more than 1.6 million visitors to a canal in South Korea’s Busan since it was first spotted there last month.
The annual number rose from 194 in 2022 to 244 in 2025.
More than 120 flights had been cancelled on Oct 22, mostly domestic ones.
Starbucks says it is improving customers' in-store experience as it competes with homegrown rivals.
