In early June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published an open letter to Vladimir Putin proposing a face-to-face meeting to end a war now in its fifth year. Putin’s reply was that talks were pointless unless Ukrainian forces first withdrew from Russian-occupied
The Election Commission is projecting that seven in 10 eligible voters will cast their ballots.
SEOUL, July 11 - North Korea condemned the United States and its allies on Saturday for what it called strengthening military blocs and accelerating arms buildups after a NATO summit this week.
Typhoon Bavi, described as one of the largest storms to hit Taiwan in more than 30 years, has already caused significant damage in parts of Asia.
ISHIGAKI, Japan/TAIPEI, July 11 - Typhoon Bavi pummelled Japan's southern Sakishima island chain with heavy rain and violent winds on Saturday as it headed towards Taiwan, prompting authorities to warn of the risks of floods and landslides.
Flights have been cancelled and thousands evacuated, as schools, offices and parks are shut.
July 10 - Algeria has fully reopened its national airspace to air traffic from Mali, effective Friday, allowing all flights to and from the West African country, Algerian state media reported.
WASHINGTON, July 10 - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday extended work permits for hundreds of thousands of immigrants with temporary protected status from Haiti and six other countries, hours before they were due to expire.
The Chinese President says the status quo will remain regardless of the international situation.
SEOUL, July 11 - Chinese President Xi Jinping said China's commitment to its traditional friendship with North Korea would not change regardless of how the international situation evolves, according to letters exchanged with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and published by
Once on the edge of financial ruin, the South Korean chip giant has rebounded to debut on Wall Street in what is the largest US listing by a foreign company.
Pundits expect Barisan Nasional (BN) to retain Johor, while a think tank said Pakatan Harapan could wrest several marginal seats from BN if there is a 65-per-cent turnout among Chinese voters.
Ocean of Peace Alliance open for others to join, but could it lead to a NATO-style military bloc?
Military government reviewing “out of proportion and incorrectly shaped” statues “in accordance with the law.”
The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.
Ancestral records continue to be amplified as claimant states entrench their arguments
Just like in 2022, the Johor polls will reshape the outlook for an upcoming general election.
Canberra signed a series of tailored deals with several Pacific nations that were calibrated to their needs.
SK hynix’s NASDAQ listing raised US$26.5 billion, making it one of the largest stock sales in history.
KYIV, July 10 - China could play a decisive role in pressuring Russia towards peace talks, helping end its war in Ukraine, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Friday, adding that the next several months would present a window for a diplomatic solution.
China's space agency hailed the landing as a "major breakthrough in Chinese reusable rocket technology".
BEIJING, July 10 - Localities across northern China are bracing for heavy rains, shutting parks and lowering water levels in reservoirs, as the powerful Typhoon Bavi continued to send moisture northward.
ANKARA, July 10 - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that Turkey hopes to achieve a result on lifting U.S. sanctions and its desire to purchase F-35 fighter jets soon, adding there should be no defence industry restrictions between allies.
BEIJING, July 10 - China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.
See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday.
The Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree was hit on Mar 11 while travelling through the Gulf waterway early in the US-Israeli war with Iran, leaving three Thai crewmen dead and requiring 20 others to be rescued.
LONDON, July 10 - Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's \"unilateral decision\" to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency's governing council agreed on Friday.
Protesters had blocked roads and torched vehicles since the girl's body was found on July 5.
With backlash against the artificial intelligence industry growing throughout the US, one government watchdog has created a database to help keep tabs on the people it describes as the biggest “AI villains.” The Revolving Door Project on Thursday launched a webpage that tracks
Shein’s last private fundraising round in May 2023 valued it at US$66 billion.
For over three decades, the standard playbook for taming inflation has remained virtually unchanged. Faced with surging prices, central banks invariably resort to hiking interest rates. The ripple effects are swift: demand cools, consumption slows and inflationary pressures
Three lions drowned and more than 100 animals went missing after floods hit the city.
BEIJING, July 10 - China announced on Friday a temporary export ban on helium, effective immediately, as resumption of military conflict in the Middle East threatens to trigger new shortages of the gas critical for chip manufacturing.
Authorities in India’s tech capital Bengaluru are banning the use of drinking water for non-essential activities including washing vehicles, watering gardens and construction work.
Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.
BEIJING/SEOUL, July 10 - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged China and North Korea to maintain \"strategic resolve\" amid a turbulent global environment and speed up implementation of agreements he reached with Kim Jong Un last month, Chinese state media reported.
South Korea's Ministry of Justice said 743 people obtained the visa after its pilot launch in January 2024.
From modern hanboks to Jeju's legendary sea women, discover how South Korea's oldest traditions are finding new life.
The treaty Australia and Fiji signed in Suva on July 6 is no ordinary defense pact. The Ocean of Peace Alliance, also known as the Veitacini Treaty, is explicit: An armed attack on either party in the Pacific is treated as a threat to shared security, and both governments have
BANGKOK, July 10 - Thailand's Labour Court on Friday accepted a petition from three Thai sailors seeking damages after a deadly attack on their cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz in March, during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, their lawyer said.
Candidates are also urging professionals based in S'pore and elsewhere to come back and work in Johor.
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It does not address the possibility of a woman emperor, an idea that has wide public support.
TOKYO — The collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire is hitting Asia hard. Again. The region never really left the woods. It had been bracing for second-round shocks — surging food prices chief among them — so the calm around the Strait of Hormuz felt less like a resolution than a
The cryptocurrency exchange's co-CEO Richard Teng believes blockchain will be the future of financial services, but says wider adoption will depend on greater regulatory clarity and increased institutional participation.
Sri Lanka’s prisons hold nearly 400 per cent over capacity.