SYDNEY, July 6 - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised on Monday after making a crude remark about singer Kylie Minogue in a comedy podcast interview, prompting outrage from women's rights groups and opposition lawmakers.
Over the past six years, households near Hsinchu Science Park have reported some of the highest incomes in Taiwan.
WELLINGTON, July 6 - Heavy rain triggered flooding, road closures and evacuations in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin and the neighbouring Waitaki District on Monday, with officials urging residents to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel.
WELLINGTON, July 6 - Super Typhoon Bavi was crossing the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean on Monday, lashing Guam, Tinian and Saipan and blasting Rota with catastrophic winds, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
TAIPEI, July 6 - Taiwan is tracking an \"upward trend\" in Chinese naval movements during the peak military exercise season, including joint drills with Russia, and will be analysing any new tactics, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Monday.
MANILA, July 6 - A Philippine anti-graft court ordered the arrest of a senator who is an ally of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday on a plunder charge, hours before the Senate begins a high-stakes impeachment trial that could determine Duterte's political future.
SYDNEY, July 6 - Australia and Fiji on Monday signed a landmark defence alliance, committing each country to come to the other's aid if either is attacked.
This is Aamir Khan's third marriage.
A court in China ruled that Molly Tea had infringed on the luxury brand's four-petal flower design.
Albanese has apologised 'unequivocally' after his remarks were met with a wave of backlash.
Relations between Dhaka and Delhi, that turned frosty under the interim government, are on the mend.
LONDON, July 6 - Britain tightened its rules on overseas political donations on Monday, as part of efforts to stop foreign money influencing elections, and as concerns swirl around what Housing Minister Steve Reed called \"dodgy funding\".
The trial is set to deepen a schism between two storied political dynasties that has plunged the Senate into turmoil.
TORONTO, July 5 - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce on Monday the preferred bidder in a contract to build 12 submarines for Canada's navy, the Globe and Mail reported on Sunday.
The Trump administration wants Vietnam to stamp out its booming counterfeit industry. Locals are divided.
Barisan Nasional’s Onn Hafiz Ghazi is bidding for a second term as Johor chief minister. Who are his potential rivals from Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional?
A return to pre-war normalcy in the Strait of Hormuz is likely to be slow. This holds implications for Asia, says Coface chief APAC economist Bernard Aw.
A resurgent Naomi Osaka stuns world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a brilliant performance to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
The long-range/mid-range Ukrainian strike campaign is continuing to grow, ominously for Russia. Some Ukrainian analysis just released about the damage to Russian oil production for June, if true, shows that if a Russian counter is not in the works the Russian war economy will
The agency says that they "appear to be pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle".
An investigation revealed child abuse material was used in some Instagram advertisements in India.
Such tests have already been conducted in Japan on small vehicles or with a driver on board.
Nepal's 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office in March 2026 but has kept an unusually low profile.
The Future Response Fund will help finance major national investment projects.
Continued rainfall could also affect Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Voters seem unperturbed by the debate over the palace's influence into state politics.
It aims to support copyright laws and training to prevent the distribution of fake products.
A rising number of bear sightings and related injuries have alarmed Japan's authorities.
The drills come about two months after Russia's President Vladimir Putin visited China.
When their numbers rise sharply, they can damage crops and are classified as outbreak pests.
The retreat, an annual meeting by both sides, will be hosted by President Prabowo and will be the leaders’ second retreat.
BEIJING, July 5 - The Chinese and Russian navies will hold joint exercises in the waters and airspace off the Chinese city of Qingdao next week, China's defence ministry and Russian state media said on Sunday.
Talks will cover bilateral projects since last year's retreat and the impact of the Middle East crisis.
The Zion Church founder's release comes after a direct plea to Xi Jinping from Donald Trump.
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was detained with 17 other church leaders in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a single church in decades.
The surfers from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are hoping to carve out a place for the sport in a country obsessed with cricket and football.
Taiwan's defence ministry said classes had been restored due to rising military danger from China.
TAIPEI, July 5 - Taiwan's military has resumed \"anti-communist\" patriotic classes for its graduates after a quarter-century gap, the defence ministry said on Sunday, citing a rising threat from China as a senior official reported another rise in Chinese naval activity.
BEIJING, July 5 - ChinaAid, a Christian NGO, said on Sunday it welcomed the release of Zion Church Pastor Jin Mingri, who had been held in detention centres in the southern Chinese city of Beihai since last October and arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Taiwan is now racing to restore the decades-old reels to preserve a chapter of its culture.
Zion Church founder Jin was detained along with other church members on Oct 10, 2025.
Referring to his recent state visit to Pyongyang, Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the "enthusiastic and friendly" hospitality during the trip.
