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Political spats brewing since the tragedy last month have overshadowed a national day of mourning.
The police are checking if some people had left without informing authorities.
WELLINGTON, Jan 23 - New Zealand emergency crews continued to search on Friday for victims of a landslide that ripped through a busy campground on the country's North Island the day before due to heavy rains.
“The Middle East has oil,” Deng Xiaoping is reported to have remarked. “China has rare earths.” Deng was visiting one of China’s biggest rare earths mines, in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in 1992 when he made that observation about the vast deposit of critical minerals in his
The World Economic Forum meeting at Davos shows that the room for manoeuvre is narrowing for middle powers, says US politics observer Steven Okun.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington welcomed Iraq's initiative to detain Islamic State members in secure facilities in Iraq while also urging nations to repatriate their citizens in these facilities \"to face justice.\"
The country’s game industry has been outstripping the combined export value of K-pop, dramas, movies and books for years.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - The Trump administration is allowing China to purchase Venezuelan oil but not at \"unfair, undercut\" prices at which Caracas sold the crude before the U.S. removed President Nicolas Maduro, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump is putting pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine and argued that conditions are evolving favourably from the perspective of western powers.
BRASILIA, Jan 22 - Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad would like President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to appoint his executive secretary, Dario Durigan, to succeed him once he leaves the post in coming weeks, two sources said.
President Donald Trump promised Thursday that his newly established “Board of Peace” will not “be a waste of time,” just after the leaders of several countries signed its charter in a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, where leading figures are gathered for the World Economic
Indonesia ready to grow and co-invest with partners, but investment must rest on respect for the rule of law.
PARIS, Jan 22 - The French navy intercepted a sanctioned Russian tanker in the Mediterranean on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron said on X.
It should capitalise on its diversity, neutrality and growing resilience, the panel said.
Jan 22 - Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security.
Some employers are considering a “thorough review” of salary structures for current and future expatriates and, if necessary, the relocation of certain roles or workers to other countries.
Jan 22 - Increased cooperation between China and Russia is a source of concern for NATO, the top commander of the trans-Atlantic alliance Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to ease economic pressures on households and restore US economic strength. Central to that promise was the claim that tariffs would revive manufacturing and rebalance trade in America’s favor. Once in office, the
The prime minister had issued an apology in December, which some relatives said was insufficient.
It would allow 418 students who had been awarded the scholarship to complete their degrees.
The technology allows the authorities to not only track where money is going, but also programme how it flows.
DAVOS, Jan 22 - Gaza's border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday.
In the initial collision, a Honda rear-ended a Proton, prompting the drivers to exit their vehicles to inspect the damage.
After the sermons and prayer, a dangdut singer in a skin-tight tube dress took the stage.
Deepak U's family alleged that he faced online harassment after the woman posted a video that went viral.
Donald Trump is changing the world. Foreign policy is no longer hiding behind legal masquerade, it is becoming real. It is no longer based on “values”, be they left-liberal-woke or neo-con, and it no longer acts universalistically in multilateral structures, but through
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
The syndicate allegedly offered passport renewal service online to Malaysians residing overseas.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - The framework deal on Greenland agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
The law requires companies to give users advance notice when services or products use generative AI and requires them to clearly label content, including deepfakes, that cannot readily be differentiated from reality.
China’s installed capacity of wind power has ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years.
BERLIN, Jan 22 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's shift in rhetoric on Greenland and urged Europeans not to be too quick to write off the transatlantic partnership.
The Philippines, as ASEAN chair, will propose a set of strategies, including stepping up negotiations.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - U.S. President Donald Trump will on Thursday launch his Board of Peace, originally envisaged to help end the Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that Europe and some others fear will rival or undermine the United Nations.
Tokyo is expected to see an overnight low of -2 deg C on Jan 23, thought snowfall is not forecast.
Heavy rains have ravaged the country's North Island, with a minister comparing it to a "war zone".
KYIV, Jan 22 - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday said \"a lot of progress\" had been made in Ukraine peace talks and that negotiations were down to one last issue, as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Switzerland for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
BEIJING, Jan 22 - China is keen to deepen cooperation with Malta in shipping and port logistics, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, eager to leverage the island's strategic location in the Central Mediterranean.
PRAGUE, Jan 22 - Czech police on Thursday said they have detained a person suspected of working with Chinese intelligence services, though they did not provide additional details.
The operator says reactor remains "stable" and has no "radioactive impact outside".
Besides Indonesia, fellow Southeast Asian nation Vietnam has also agreed to be a member of the Board of Peace.
The shooting comes one month after two gunmen opened fire at an event on Bondi Beach.
It’s not just Nvidia and other heavyweights of the AI stocks boom who are feeling flush.
In a week filled with news about President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to take control of Greenland, the world got a window into his thinking about the concept of “peace.” “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS,
Japan’s nuclear regulator says the reactor is stable, and that there are no safety problems.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - NATO Secretary Mark Rutte said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Trump had discussed in Davos how the transatlantic alliance should best defend the Arctic against Russia and China.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday said \"a lot of progress\" had been made in Ukraine peace talks and that negotiations were down to one last issue.
A man is being sought in connection with the shootings in the small town of Lake Cargelligo on Thursday.
The South Asian nation of 170 million votes on Feb 12 to elect 350 lawmakers, in the first election since a 2024 uprising.
