The People’s Republic of China has used its statecraft to weaponize its trade with other countries on several occasions in recent years. Such behavior usually arises when the PRC interprets another country’s actions as hostile to its political interests and resorts to
Officials say the restaurant in South Korea used some 49,000 ants in various dishes over four years.
DUBAI/MANILA, July 22 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the United States is still willing to negotiate an end to the Iran crisis but Tehran is not serious about talks, as the widening conflict disrupted two of the world's most critical energy chokepoints.
“There is a fundamental principle about freedom of navigation that is threatened,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told envoys at a Manila gathering of ASEAN.
NEW DELHI, July 22 - India's education minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration was committed to addressing the concerns of protesting youth and exam reforms, in the latest sign that the government was beginning to respond to growing protests.
Brent crude rose as President Donald Trump said the United States was "not finished" attacking Iran.
Star cricketer was charged after failing a random breath test in Sydney earlier this year.
The cyberattack caused a system failure that disrupted the delivery of frozen food to restaurants.
Even before this week’s extreme heat, 4,580 people were taken to hospital between July 6 and 12.
When management pundits in the Harvard Business Review first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West. From “China Is Not About to Out-Innovate the US” (2010) to “Why China Can’t Innovate” (2014), Western commentators framed
Advertising spending on AI short dramas is already on par with traditional live-action shows.
One economist expects youth unemployment to approach 20 per cent in the next two months.
Petty and vindictive. Such was the ban on travel to the United States handed out by the State Department on December 23 last year to five Europeans, one of whom was Clare Melford, chief executive of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a non-profit whose board I chair. The
According to SBS, the series aims to investigate whether humans can fall in love with AI.
The pace of the investigation has long been a source of contention between both countries.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.
WASHINGTON, July 21 - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale to discuss deepening ties and signed a letter of intent to return the Peace Corps to the islands after more than 25 years, the State Department said on
After breaking with PAS, Bersatu must prove it can remain politically relevant on its own.
Satellite imagery shows significant progress on the bridge that experts say will transform Sino-North Korean trade.
MANILA, July 21 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week ahead of a possible summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, even as Trump said the U.S. would raise concerns with China over alleged election
NEW DELHI, July 21 - When pent-up youth anger propelled India's Cockroach Janta Party to online fame in May, its founder said his supporters were disillusioned with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and the opposition for failing to address their concerns.
Marco Rubio and Wang Yi will meet on July 22.
DUBAI, July 21 - The level of \"interaction\" with Iran's Supreme Leader is increasing day by day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video clip published on state media on Tuesday.
The programme started in January 2025.
The proposals will be refined by senior officials before going to ASEAN leaders at their November summit.
BEIJING, July 21 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a delegation of European lawmakers in Beijing on Tuesday that China and the EU should promote an \"upward dynamic balance\" in bilateral trade ties from a long-term perspective, according to a statement from China's
Iskandar Puteri City Council’s decision was in accordance with existing legal provisions, says Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates of the US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas last year. While this means Hamas will not be operating in a
ROME, July 21 - Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a United Nations report said.
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, that pledge resonated with an American public weary of prolonged military intervention. For a brief moment, it
DUBAI, July 21 - U.S. forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
China and the US have grown increasingly anxious over each other’s AI capabilities.
MEXICO CITY, July 21 - U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators will meet for a third round of bilateral talks on Tuesday to try to push forward with revising the North American trade agreement, just as President Donald Trump slaps Canada with a new set of punitive duties.
Some respondents said they thought the Japanese leader was not doing enough to counter inflation.
Thousands of mostly young people tried to march on India's parliament to demand changes to how the education system is run.
The US Navy’s delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat role without repeating their history of shifting missions, immature technologies and mounting costs. This month,
A major flood smashed through one province, killing at least 23 people.
“Kokushobi” – meaning “cruelly hot day” – was introduced to better warn the public of extreme heat.
The company was found to have breached licensing conditions and premises usage requirements.
When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how indigenous history and cultural ties can become entangled in contemporary geopolitical competition. Although the
Wang Jibing, a 56-year-old food delivery rider from China’s eastern Jiangsu province, won the Lu Xun Literary Prize for his poetry collection titled Low Flight.
Delhi witnessed overwhelming violence on Monday, with at least 60 protesters wounded. Police said 118 of their men were also injured.
“Ecosystem collapse” is linked to 2026’s El Nino weather phenomenon.
The Philippine military accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton on July 20.
With weeks of supervised training and controlled meals, stay-in fitness programmes in China are attracting overseas participants looking to build healthier habits.
Seoul is seeking to reduce reliance on foreign platforms.
A Kremlin spokesman implied, without providing evidence, that the vessel had been carrying arms for Ukraine.