SYDNEY, Jan 7 - Australia’s south sweltered through a brutal heatwave on Wednesday that delivered temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some cities, triggering health warnings, straining power grids and causing bushfires to flare.
He said the disciplinary process that led to his dismissal did not meet the principles of natural justice.
Over the years, Mahathir has had at least two major heart surgeries.
The Kishigawa Line drew attention after it named cat Tama its first feline stationmaster in 2007.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 - The air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan's military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh.
Officials noted that many of the boats had full fuel tanks.
Tomorrowland Thailand will take place from Dec 11 to 13.
This is the second consecutive year that Korean-derived terms have been incorporated.
The watchdog’s move stalls Chubu’s effort to resume two reactors at its Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station.
The South Korean leader said that much progress had been made in restoring trust with Beijing.
SEOUL, Jan 7 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that much progress had been made in restoring trust with Beijing, and that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to play a role in mediating Seoul's efforts to engage North Korea.
A 30th anniversary exhibition showing Tamagotchi’s evolution opens in Tokyo on Jan 7.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to crack down on illegal workers.
The phone contained information like names and contacts of people working at the agency.
The drills caused dozens of domestic flights in Taiwan to be cancelled and drew concern from allies.
TAIPEI, Jan 7 - China's war game exercises around Taiwan last week were part of a campaign to counter growing international support for the island and an attempt to divert attention away from Beijing's economic troubles, Taiwan's top security agency said on Wednesday.
Local authorities have repeatedly warned that the site poses serious safety risks.
BEIJING, Jan 7 - China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, with a focus on the strategically important east, as the world's No.2 economy seeks to reinforce its influence on the continent.
Jan 7 - The leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous al-Zubaidi, failed to board a plane set to take him to Riyadh, and fled instead to an unknown destination, the Saudi-backed coalition in the country said on Wednesday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the earthquake.
Jan 7 - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck 68 km (42 miles) east of Baculin in the Philippines, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
TOKYO, Jan 7 - Japan's top government spokesperson said on Wednesday that China's ban on exports of dual-use items to the country was \"absolutely unacceptable and deeply regrettable\", as a diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies ramped up.
Japanese authorities declined to comment on the possible impact on Japanese industry.
Daiso is emerging as an unlikely but increasingly influential beauty destination.
“Belligerent” was how one Democratic lawmaker described a diatribe given by top White House adviser Stephen Miller on CNN Monday evening regarding the Trump administration’s right to take over Venezuela – or any other country – if doing so is in the interest of the US. To
The Johor Bahru City Council was the first local authority to implement such a rule, the JB mayor said.
BEIJING, Jan 7 - China will take punitive actions against three Taiwanese for their involvement in separatist activities related to \"Taiwan independence\", its Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.
Two of them and their relatives will be banned from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau.
Karnataka has passed a bill to prevent hate speech and hate crimes but critics say it could erode civil liberties.
Shares of China’s chip-making equipment providers have surged in recent days after media reports said Beijing has instructed semiconductor manufacturers to raise the use of locally made equipment to 50%. Since a Reuters report on December 31 outlined Beijing’s push to lift the
The US's seizure of Nicolás Maduro carries uncertainty for China, which is is no fan of chaos.
On December 15, inside a government-linked think tank in Beijing, a conversation took place with implications far beyond diplomacy. When Eddy Soeparno, deputy speaker of the Indonesia’s Consultative Assembly, met with leaders of the China Institute for Innovation and Strategic
Jan 6 - Nicolás Maduro’s first appearance in a U.S. courtroom offered a glimpse of the legal battle ahead over rarely tested questions — chief among them whether he can claim immunity from prosecution.
The challenge of politics in the age of AI is not just about distinguishing fact from fiction, says Taberez Ahmed Neyazi from the National University of Singapore.
Reports of Islamophobia in Australia have increased following the Dec 14 attack, and some Indonesian Muslims say they feel anxious about stepping out of their homes.
PARIS, Jan 6 - The United States for the first time on Tuesday backed a broad coalition of Ukraine's allies in vowing to provide security guarantees that leaders said would include binding commitments to support the country if Russia attacks again.
When Bangladesh’s interim government under economist Muhammad Yunus took office after the collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s long-entrenched regime, it inherited a banking sector on the verge of systemic failure. By mid-2024, officially reported non-performing loans had exceeded 1.7
On December 24 in Tehran, an unknown assailant killed General Ikramuddin Saree, a former senior police commander of Afghanistan’s republican government and a prominent figure in the National Resistance Front (Jabha-ye Moqawemat-e Milli). Saree, who had sought refuge in Iran
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Jan 6 - Israel and Syria agreed during U.S.-mediated talks in Paris to set up a communication mechanism to coordinate on security, intelligence and commercial issues, the three countries said in a joint statement released on Tuesday by the State Department.
ROME, Jan 6 - The so-called Coalition of the Willing made fresh progress on a framework for NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine during a meeting of Kyiv's allies in Paris, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.
On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth. Harbin, where I grew up, is in northeast China. Winter temperatures regularly dip to -30°C and in January even the warmest days rarely go above -10°C. With
As the US races to “island-hop” its airpower back across the Pacific, the real contest is whether US dispersal can stay ahead of China’s surveillance-and-missile kill chain long enough to matter in a Taiwan war. This month, Newsweek reported that the US is reviving dozens of
NAIROBI, Jan 6 - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met the president of Somaliland on Tuesday, 10 days after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa as an independent and sovereign state.
LONDON, Jan 6 - Britain on Tuesday urged Elon Musk's X platform to urgently address a proliferation of intimate 'deepfake' images created on demand via its built-in AI chatbot Grok, joining a European outcry over a surge in non-consensual imagery on the platform.
Jan 6 - At least three people were killed and several others wounded in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, state news agency SANA said on Tuesday, citing Aleppo's health director, after deadly attacks for which Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
The supreme council member said he received the notice on the evening of Jan 6.