SYDNEY, Jan 22 - Australia's conservative coalition split on Thursday for the second time in less than a year after the junior partner National Party severed ties with the Liberal Party, citing the Liberals' decision to back the government's hate speech laws.
Beijing treats the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as taboo and allows no public remembrance.
It will deepen the malaise of the two centre-right parties following an election thrashing in 2025.
HONG KONG, Jan 22 - Hong Kong's High Court will begin on Thursday a landmark subversion trial of the leaders of a group that once organised annual commemorations of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in 1989.
China strengthened its grip on global clean‑energy supply chains in 2025, taking about a 70% share in each of the electric vehicle (EV) and battery sectors, while US energy policy under former president Donald Trump continued to prioritize oil and gas. China accounted for 70.3%
As one-person households rise across China, more young adults are finding freedom in living alone - and confronting the emotional costs that come with it.
President Donald Trump announced in a social media post Wednesday that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brokered a possible agreement on Greenland, though Trump provided few details and no timeline. Trump’s comments came just hours after he took his case for acquiring
China's enormous growth in distance running neatly mirrors the country’s rise as an economic power, says Juliana Liu for Bloomberg Opinion.
The heavy rain also caused widespread damage and left thousands without power.
WELLINGTON, Jan 22 - Further heavy rains across the north of New Zealand’s North Island overnight have caused widespread damage, with homes being evacuated, thousands without power, roads closed and two people missing after a landslide hit a house.
DUBAI, Jan 21 - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan and Qatar have accepted invitations to join U.S. President Donald Trump's \"Board of Peace\", the Saudi foreign ministry said in a joint statement that also included the United Arab Emirates.
Jan 21 - Israel launched strikes on four border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday, saying they were used by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to smuggle weapons.
It is hard to believe that Donald Trump has been back in the White House for only a year. His accomplishments are many – but most of them are of questionable durability or benefit, including for the United States. Even his UN-endorsed 20-point ceasefire and transition plan for
As Australia mourns the Bondi shooting victims, volunteers have been preserving tributes left in their honour.
One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 - Donald Trump's Board of Peace, seen by some as a rival to the United Nations, has caught officials at some of the countries invited off guard, with several saying they felt compelled to sign up rather than risk the U.S. president's wrath.
The cave art dates back at least 67,800 years.
Dozens of people are registered as missing, meaning the death toll could rise still further.
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 - U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out the use of force in his bid to control Greenland on Wednesday but said in a speech in Davos that no other country can secure the autonomous Danish territory.
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
Jan 21 - U.S. President Donald Trump has invited dozens of world leaders to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts but diplomats say it could harm the work of the United Nations.
BERLIN, Jan 21 - German prosecutors on Wednesday arrested a German-Ukranian woman accused of spying for Russia by gathering information on drones meant for Ukraine at political events and through befriending former defence ministry staff, according to a statement.
President Donald Trump appeared to confirm in a televised interview that aired Tuesday night that the US military deployed a “secret sonic weapon” against Venezuelan and Cuban soldiers during the January 3 raid in Caracas that killed scores of people, including civilians. Asked
DUBAI, Jan 21 - Art student Arash was walking home through the streets of Tehran when a shotgun blast ended his life. He had not shouted slogans, joined protesters or raised a fist.
US forces on Tuesday seized a seventh oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea linked to Venezuela as President Donald Trump’s military campaign to control the source of the world’s largest petroleum reserves continued. According to US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), troops boarded and
Jan 21 - The number of journalists jailed worldwide declined in 2025 but remains near record highs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report on Wednesday that warned about ongoing threats to press freedoms.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 - Pakistan will join U.S. President Donald Trump's \"Board of Peace\" to help achieve lasting peace in Gaza, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
LONDON, Jan 21 - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would not yield to Donald Trump on his opposition to U.S. demands to acquire Greenland, adding that the U.S. president had reversed his prior support for a Chagos Islands deal to put pressure on Britain.
OSLO, Jan 21 - NATO is facing difficult times due to the crisis over Greenland, but Western allies must remember their common adversary is Russia, which is increasing its military presence in the Arctic, Norway's defence minister said on Wednesday.
One officer – former army chief Muhammad Hafizuddiean Jantan – will be charged under money laundering laws, while the other – former armed forces chief Mohd Nizam Jaafar – will face charges related to abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and the illegal acceptance of gifts.
The malls being considered include IOI City Mall in Putrajaya, Sunway Pyramid and 1 Utama.
Jan 21 - Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said on Wednesday that the United States had \"frayed its relationship\" with its European allies in a way that the billionaire said he did not \"understand or appreciate\".
No arrests have been made so far, Hong Kong police said.
ANKARA, Jan 21 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish forces in northern Syria must lay down weapons and disband now to avoid further bloodshed, after Damascus struck a ceasefire with the group and gave them four days to agree on integrating into the
BEIJING, Jan 21 - Britain and China will aim to revive a \"golden era\" business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing next week, three sources familiar with the initiative said, with top company executives from both sides invited to participate.
Jan 21 - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the \"butcher of Hama\" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for power and going into exile, died on Tuesday.
TOKYO — As Donald Trump makes the “sell America” trade great again, China’s stock market is gearing up for a better year than his White House would likely want. Goldman Sachs, for one, thinks the MSCI China Index will rise 20% this year, following a 28% rally in 2025. “Our
There are 106 Lotteria outlets nationwide as of the end of 2025.
The restart ends the post-Fukushima nuclear stalemate, and signals the atom’s return as stable power.
Police said a four-month-old baby suffered bleeding in the brain and other symptoms consistent with shaken baby syndrome, while his 16-month-old elder brother was also found to have bruising.
Police said a four-month-old baby suffered bleeding in the brain and other symptoms consistent with shaken baby syndrome, while his 16-month-old elder brother was also found to have bruising.
Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.
WARSAW, Jan 21 - European investigators uncovered an international synthetic drugs network run from Poland and have seized more than 9.3 tonnes of narcotics and arrested over 100 suspects, Polish prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The UN should be at the centre of any international system, Beijing says.
The two top officials will be charged in court this week.
PAS is keen to take over the reins but lacks a leader who is acceptable across the coalition.
The two countries are also planning a meeting between their defence ministers by the end of January.