As China’s electric cars age, the promise of cheap, clean mobility is colliding with the practical costs of battery degradation and upkeep. CNA unpacks the issue as part of a series examining the forces powering Asia’s electric transition.
Online, Malaysians are trading tips on practical survivalism, such as vacuum-sealing stockpiles of rice.
The vehicle was carrying 22 passengers, including two children.
The bodies of the three men arrived in Jakarta on April 4.
MOSCOW, April 4 - Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.
"This shows that Taiwan has in fact earned considerable goodwill internationally through the long-term trust it has built over the years," said Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin.
A new contract with the US will see 1.2 million tonnes of LNG supplied annually.
One coconut seller said the haze is so severe it leaves her nose burning and bloodied.
The number of moviegoers fell to 832 million in 2025 from 1.03 billion in 2019.
Operators are forced to choose between halting work entirely or continuing at a loss.
The AI-generated subtitles misinterpreted “pitch” as an English expletive.
Seasonal haze and air pollution continue to pose serious public health risks in northern Thailand.
Police officers extinguished the fire and no injuries were reported.
He went on the run after he shot and killed two officers who had come to search his rural home in Victoria.
Only 20 of Phu Quoc's 100 traditional producers from a decade ago remain active.
Speaking to local media during a site visit on Friday (Apr 3), Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link is now in the system installation phase, which involves limited fuel costs and is unlikely to be affected by the global energy
In the medium to long term, AI may replace all human jobs (or maybe not). But in the short term, AI doesn’t seem to be doing this yet. Employment rates for prime-age workers in the US are hovering near all-time highs: A recent survey of corporate CFOs found “little evidence of
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 4 - Iran's forces were hunting on Saturday for a missing U.S. pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Gulf, officials from both sides said, while two airmen were rescued.
China’s renewed land reclamation at Antelope Reef comes as the ongoing US-Israel-Iran War draws significant US military assets into the Middle East, raising questions over whether shifting US force posture is opening strategic space in the South China Sea. This month, The Wall
April 4 - Iran on Saturday executed two men it said were convicted of links to an opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran, and of carrying out armed attacks, domestic media reported.
The bodies of the three other fallen peacekeepers were repatriated to Jakarta.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has rationed fuel, raised its price by a third and increased electricity costs by up to 40 percent since the war in the Middle East began.
Dr Ling served as Transport Minister from 1986 to 2003.
Panic buying of fuel in Sri Lanka has brought back memories of 2022, when the economy tanked.
There is a peculiar logic at work in the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war — one that would be almost admirable in its audacity if it were not so catastrophically dangerous. Having spent the better part of a decade methodically dismantling every diplomatic
Participants will receive comprehensive health checks through a streamlined one-stop process.
In 2024, he and his wife relocated to Siem Reap province, where they opened CamCam By Joshua Chiang.
When cases drag on, the deterrent message to reckless drivers is diluted, said a senior lawyer.
The people died as a result of a house collapsing in Kabul following the earthquake, Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said.
The letter landed within Dhaka’s already charged political atmosphere. Writing from abroad, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made her first formal appeal to Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), seeking to overturn the death sentence against her on the grounds
The museum showcases the life of Sanrio’s Honorary Chairman Shintaro Tsuji.
Investigators said the suspect prevented his wife from reporting the crime.
April 4 - Australians were urged to maintain their travel plans for Easter weekend although hundreds of petrol stations, mostly in rural areas, were without power on Saturday, as the Iran war continued to strain the nation's fuel supply.
A new exhibition charts Bombay's passage through the centuries via paintings, photographs and prints.
