WASHINGTON, Dec 24 - Palau will take up to 75 migrants from the U.S. as the Pacific Island nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Washington on transfer of third-country nationals in return for additional U.S. aid.
Organisers said there would be a “full-scale adjustment” of content towards “a new Chinese style” theme.
In Singapore for a brief visit, Yan talks to CNA Lifestyle about a lifetime of championing good food, keeping fit, memorable on-air mishaps and the philosophy that helped him shape how the world sees Asian cuisine.
A KCNA photo showed Mr Kim at a submarine construction site with his daughter Ju Ae.
SEOUL, Dec 25 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing on Wednesday of a long-range surface-to-air missile at a launch site near its east coast, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
As immigration enforcement hardens in the US, CNA’s Undercover Asia meets Indian migrants who survived jungles and mafia on the “Dunki” route only to face perhaps a harsher reality: detention, debt and deep uncertainty.
More than just a fashion trend, the rising popularity of hanfu shows how younger Chinese generations are reclaiming history and heritage with pride.
The country, left for dead at the onset of 2025, turns out to be the only other economic superpower that matters, says Shuli Ren for Bloomberg Opinion.
The fight had allegedly broken out after the wife of one of the suspects called out the other man for spilling beer on her.
The meeting is the most significant step since fighting re-erupted and follows separate, unsuccessful efforts by Malaysia, China and the United States to bring the two countries to the table.
The quake shook buildings in the capital Taipei.
TAIPEI, Dec 24 - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's southeastern coastal county of Taitung on Wednesday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
There are no immediate reports of damage.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa was among 54 reactors shut after the Fukushima Daiichi plant meltdown in 2011.
Analysts say establishing a stable administration is far-fetched, as the civil war is still raging.
Dec 24 - From inside a military base last week, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing announced who he wanted voters to pick in Sunday's general election, nearly five years after seizing power in a coup.
Dec 24 - Nearly five years after it seized power, Myanmar's military is moving ahead with a multi-phase general election starting on Sunday, despite conflict across the country.
Dec 24 - Myanmar will hold the first round of voting in a general election on Sunday in what its military government says will usher in a return to civilian rule following a 2021 coup.
Dec 24 - Myanmar's military-led administration will hold a multi-phased general election starting on Sunday, even as a civil war rages across large parts of the Southeast Asian country.
This follows more than two weeks of military clashes between the neighbours.
When Asia Times published the analysis “Vingroup’s legal bullying doesn’t work in Germany like in Vietnam“ in November 2025, we pointed out that major conglomerates cannot easily use their deep pockets to stifle the press in Europe. Recent developments in December 2025 have
DHAKA, Dec 24 - The Bangladesh Nationalist Party aims to gather five million supporters to welcome its leader Tarique Rahman home from nearly 17 years in exile on Thursday, a show of strength as he emerges as a leading contender for prime minister in February elections.
From a NT$450,000 (US$14,325) lump sum to quarterly transfers, the findings shed light on how Chang Wen, 27, sustained himself and funded months of preparation before the assault.
Anutin said he and his Bhumjaithai party were ready to return to power.
The four people had got into a brawl at the mall on Dec 21, 2025, at around 5.20pm.
Martin Glynn, 39, was arrested after a tip-off about his support of a targeted attack on Jews in Bondi.
BANGKOK, Dec 24 - Thailand's caretaker leader Anutin Charnvirakul was picked by his party on Wednesday to stand as its candidate for prime minister in a general election in early February, as he bids to benefit from a wave of nationalism arising from an ongoing border conflict
The discussions will mark the first bilateral dialogue since clashes reignited on Dec 7.
The proposed Trump-class battleship, officially known as the BBG(X) guided missile battleship program, is planned to be the largest warship built by the United States since World War II. The entire project is riddled with gambles, any one of which could tank the project. Here
Opposition parties earlier in 2025 passed a law to add or restore five public holidays.
Rapidus, Japan’s effort to create a domestic chip-making alternative to TSMC and Samsung Foundry, is becoming a broad-based national industrial project of a kind Americans might dream about but that only China, Taiwan and South Korea could possibly match. The plan is to build a
In June, a Taiwanese court sentenced the Chinese captain of a Togo-registered ship to three years' jail after finding him guilty of intentionally damaging undersea cables near Taiwan.
Pyongyang had refused to accept inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Such venues offer patrons private rooms to watch movies alone, as a couple, or in a group.
As 2025 draws to a close, Donald Trump’s return to the White House has produced a foreign policy that defies easy categorization. The president who campaigned against endless wars and promised an “America First” doctrine has instead pursued what can only be described as
North Korean soldiers are instructed to kill themselves rather than be taken prisoner, says South Korea.
China previously accused Taiwan of "manipulating" possible Chinese involvement in the case.
TOKYO – As 2026 approaches, the Bank of Japan finds itself in the unenviable position of a central bank that cried wolf. Last week, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda’s board made good on its talk of higher interest rates, raising them to a 30-year high of 0.75%. Yet currency traders
During questioning, the man reportedly said he touched the cover playfully.
Observers say the issue isn't about fine dining as much as the loss of an everyman icon.
Tarique Rahman is set to return to Dhaka on Thursday (Dec 25) after 17 years in exile and ahead of key elections.
The Attorney General’s Chambers also cautioned against attempts to incite or disrupt public order through misleading interpretations of the court's judgment.
The records underscore how the Taiwan issue has long been a potential source of friction in Sino-Japanese ties.
The 13 people killed in bear encounters this year doubles the previous record.
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 - The U.S. on Tuesday said Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke to Palau President Surangel Whipps about transferring third-country nationals to the Pacific Island nation, even after its lawmakers rejected a previous request from Washington on
SYDNEY, Dec 24 - Australia cancelled the visa of a British national after he was charged with displaying a banned Nazi symbol, the immigration minister said on Wednesday, as the country cracks down on antisemitism in the wake of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach.