Japan warns of surge in potentially deadly strep throat cases
Infections of streptococcus bacteria of the throat are being diagnosed at quadruple the pace of the past five years
Infections of streptococcus bacteria of the throat are being diagnosed at quadruple the pace of the past five years
The plan for a land bridge between the Indian and Pacific Oceans will cut across rich ecosystems and farmland in Thailand.
Pyongyang seeks to expand its diplomatic engagement after Covid-19 lockdowns.
Authorities have been trying to evict families living in the Tamok Lake area to make way for high-rise development.
Voting across India will take six weeks, stretching the already limited resources of opposition parties, says the Financial Times’ John Reed.
China is the world’s second-most expensive country to raise a child, relative to its GDP per capita, according to a prominent Chinese think tank. Beyond the financial pinch, there’s also a hefty price paid in time and opportunity cost, say analysts.
He tells us how he found his own creative voice, and why he thinks collaborations can produce dynamic results.
WASHINGTON - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a second day of talks on Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as the U.S. presses its case against Israel launching a ground offensive in Rafah.
The ministry of state security says reporting on military details could land nationalistic influencers in prison.
The “Diary of Patriots” page contained news and information deemed anti-state.
Along with its deployment of new types and larger numbers of vehicles that can deliver nuclear weapons, the government of North Korea presented its neighbor the Republic of Korea (ROK) with a new worry this year. Paramount leader Kim Jong-un made official a revised view of
Central Asia is becoming one of Eurasia’s main trade and transit hubs, with Kazakhstan in the forefront. Sino-Central Asian trade turnover stood atUS$89.4 billion at the end of 2023, a 27% increase over the 2022 level of US$70.2 billion, according to China’s Customs Agency. Of
WASHINGTON - The U.S. said on Tuesday it does not support a Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project from going forward and cautioned about the risk of sanctions in doing business with Tehran.
BERLIN - The Islamic State branch known as ISIS-Khorasan, which U.S. intelligence says appears responsible for the mass shooting attack near Moscow, poses the greatest Islamist threat to security in Germany, its interior minister said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said Hanoi's collective leadership means its core policies will remain the same.
The gardening presenter fell foul of the secretive state's strict rules because of his choice of attire.
Police are stopping people in public and checking their phones for apps used to get around censorship.
NEW YORK - The U.S. is seeking to forfeit two New York City apartments bought by a former Mongolian prime minister with stolen mining funds, prosecutors said on Tuesday, as U.S. officials crack down on money laundering in high-end real estate.
In an unusually combative exhortation, the Catholic priests also called on the Marcos administration to take a firmer stance.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Northrop Grumman plan to build a lunar railway system, setting the stage for a new era of space military operations, exploration and economy. This month, Defense News reported that DARPA and the US defense contractor
The inclusion of Indian government bonds in two prestigious global indexes, the JPMorgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) and Bloomberg Index Services’ Emerging Market Local Currency Government Index, has sent ripples of optimism throughout global markets. This
Beijing tells the US and UK to stop their own cyber attacks, accusing them of "political manipulation".
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that Israel’s military will soon launch an invasion of Rafah, the city in the southern Gaza Strip. More than 1 million Palestinians, now on the verge of famine, have sought refuge there from their bombed-out cities farther north.
New security rules entail discarding previous practices and increased self censorship, say frontline journalists.
Since the Arakan Army announced the offensive, the group has killed 20 junta troops in a township bordering Bangladesh.
Investigators spoke to thousands of refugees, including Rohingya, in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
The attack on the Crocus City concert hall in the Moscow suburbs, which left 137 people dead, has again raised questions about the effectiveness of intelligence in identifying and preventing massive acts of terrorism. Intelligence about such events is rarely precise. Often it
The bird was seen running down the streets of Seongnam before it was captured and returned to a zoo.