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At least 8 injured in Kyiv amid Russian drone attack

Eight people were injured in Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district, where a fire broke out in a nine-story residential building du...

Hong Kong sentences Tiananmen activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

A HK court ruled in August that the activists had breached the Chinese constitution by calling for an “end to one-party ...

NYT: Vance sought ‘unvarnished’ views on Iran war directly from commanders

NYT: Vance sought ‘unvarnished’ views on Iran war directly from commanders US vice president JD Vance directly sought “u...

Galaxia Raises $4.5M For Intelligent Sat Tech

Galaxia raised $4.5M CAD ($3.25M) to continue its mission to make EO sats that can process info in orbit at the speeds r...

Bangladesh and the Perils of Pax Silica

It could end up exchanging strategic flexibility for an upgraded version of the subcontracting economy it is trying to e...

CBR Board of Directors to hold monetary policy meeting

Most of the experts expect the benchmark interest rate to remain at 14%

Israel destroys Hezbollah tunnel network in Lebanon, triggering tremor

Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Tah...

Iron Ore Heads For Weekly Loss With Margins Under Pressure

Iron ore was headed for its steepest weekly loss since June as steel mill margins deteriorated and hot metal output rema...

How China is extending its long arm abroad

Growing judicial web threatens multinationals and individuals, even for actions taken outside China

Algeria closes its airspace to UAE aircrafts after cutting diplomatic ties

Algeria cut diplomatic ties with the UAE and banned Emirati civilian and military aircraft from its airspace, citing 'pr...

Hong Kong court jails two Tiananmen vigil group leaders for 7 years

HONG KONG, Sept 11 - A Hong Kong court sentenced two pro-democracy activists to seven years in prison on Friday, after t...

Taiwan vice president makes rare Europe visit for conference on democracy

European Parliament's Pina Picierno says Hsiao's visit 'was kept secret until her arrival to protect her participation'.

Korea’s Lee Faces Pushback as Trump Ups Pressure Over Hormuz

President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating fell to a new low amid growing opposition over potential deployment of troops ...

URGENT: Info leak suspected following unauthorized access to Japan gov't network

The Japanese Digital Agency said Friday that some 246,000 personal data records may have been leaked following unauthori...

Yuen Kee Food enters final stage of Hong Kong IPO after HKEX approval, sources say

Yuen Kee Food Group, the owner of well-known restaurant brand Yuen Kee Dumpling, has cleared its listing hearing with th...

Breaking: Queensland's credit rating downgraded for first time since 2009

Queensland's credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in almost 20 years, putting pressure on the state's mu...

Meta in talks with Seoul on social media restrictions for children

SEOUL - Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday it is in talks with the South Korean...

More Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced to prison in Hong Kong security case

A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists — who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Sq...

Hong Kong gives Tiananmen vigil activists between 5 and 7 year

Three Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists were jailed for five to seven years under the national security law. Their con...

Rome to host 8th round of Lebanon-Israel talks in mid-September — TV

Mobility provisions in recent Australia–Pacific bilateral agreements

IN the wake of the 2026 Pacific leaders' meeting in Palau, it is timely to reflect on their endorsement in 2023 of the P...

Iranian strikes damaged multiple aircraft at Jordan base, report says

Iranian strikes damaged multiple aircraft at Jordan base, report says Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military...

Hong Kong hits Tiananmen vigil activists with yearslong jail sentences

Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho have been behind bars since being charged in 2021, and their convictions hav...

Mercury’s radius has shrunk by over 10 kilometers, Japanese team finds

A spacecraft from the Japan-Europe joint exploration mission BepiColombo is set to arrive on Mercury in November.

After Sept 11

A QUARTER of a century since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, the world continues to feel the effects of that epochal even...

Young republicans break with Trump over Iran war

A clear generational divide between younger and older republicans is forming at the RNC Midterm Convention.

Katayama Says Bessent’s ‘House’ Remark Sounded Scary in Japanese

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama mostly refrained from commenting on recent remarks by Treasury Secretary Scot...

Israeli film on AI-backed Gaza killings gets 25-minute Venice ovation

A chilling new documentary about Israel’s AI-powered mass killing of civilians in Gaza from two Oscar-winning Israeli fi...

Japan’s Bond Yields Rise as Oil Concerns Fuel Global Selloff

Japan’s government bonds slumped on Friday, tracking a selloff in the US bond market after escalating Middle East tensio...

Putin lands in India for BRICs summit, shadowed by Iran and Ukraine wars

Russian, Iranian leaders due to hold talks with India's Modi at summit dominated by wars in Middle East and Ukraine.

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

Only Iceland, Norway and Japan have conducted commercial whaling in recent years, according to the International Whaling...

India Small-Cap Rally Draws Record Fund Inflows

Record fund inflows are fueling gains in smaller companies even as India’s broader stock market struggles.

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek and Xiaomi are among tech giants Anthropic accuses of trying to extract and replicate Claude...

US calls for AI poisoning to sabotage China’s model distillation

Beijing has threatened to retaliate if Washington moves to curb Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms over accusati...

Israeli strike in Gaza kills family of four, including two children

An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said on Thurs...

Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed up to 7 years, as group is fined HK$1.5 million

Three former leaders of the now-disbanded alliance behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil have been sentenced ...

Vessel carrying Qatari LNG arrives at Port Qasim

KARACHI: A cargo ship carrying around 82,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar arrived in Pakistan throug...

Sarah Hanson-Young on big tech’s ‘attack on democracy’ - podcast

This week, the Albanese government released its draft digital duty of care legislation and announced reforms to allow so...

CNBC Daily Open: 'Welcome to Foldables' Samsung roasts Apple for being late to party

Samsung trolls Apple's foldable debut; oil back above $100, pushing the Fed toward a hike next week.

Statecraft or scripture: Why Pacific nations want Jerusalem embassies

An ancient Biblical prophecy lies at