The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, authorities said, as flood waters receded and search
September 13, 2024
Chinese regulators on Friday hit PwC's auditing unit in mainland China with a six-month business suspension and a record fine of 441 million yuan ($62 million) over the
September 13, 2024
Dozens of Hong Kong
September 13, 2024
Ford Motor said on Friday it plans to restart manufacturing at its factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, two years after it
September 13, 2024
North Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site, giving rare glimpse inside its nuclear program
September 13, 2024
For decades, Chinese workers have retired relatively early. That’s about to change
September 13, 2024
Typhoon Yagi: Asia’s most powerful storm submerges parts of Vietnam and Thailand
September 13, 2024
The Maldives' hopes of staving off a debt crisis were given a lift on Friday after China agreed to strengthen trade and investment in its latest
September 13, 2024
A police swoop on 20 child welfare homes in Malaysia where hundreds of children were allegedly sexually abused has exposed weaknesses in child protection in the country and cast a spotlight on the Islamic business group that ran the homes
September 13, 2024
A leading media group reports that dozens of Hong Kong journalists have faced harassment in recent months
September 13, 2024
Malaysian police said on Friday they will summon the top management of an Islamic business group, after children rescued from charity homes allegedly run by the firm suffered
September 13, 2024
Two German navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in the first such transit in two decades, demonstrating Berlin's
September 13, 2024
Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang on Friday, Russian news agencies said.
September 13, 2024
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings has been classified as "core" to national security, according to an updated finance ministry list released on Friday.
September 13, 2024
China's top legislative body has approved a proposal to raise the country's retirement age, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, accelerating an
September 13, 2024
North Korea has disclosed the first photos of a uranium enrichment site designed to produce weapons-grade fuel for its nuclear bombs.
September 13, 2024
China's National Health Commission will focus more efforts on advocating marriage and childbirth at "appropriate ages", an official said, as authorities struggle
September 13, 2024
The approval rating of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fell to the lowest since he took office in May 2022 in the latest Gallup Korea poll published on Friday.
September 13, 2024
China is raising its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
September 13, 2024
India's Supreme Court granted bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, paving the way for his release almost
September 13, 2024
Airline Cathay Pacific has bought back all warrants issued to the Hong Kong government in 2020, another step in repaying the government for a pandemic-related recapitalisation package
September 13, 2024
The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election next week
September 13, 2024
U.S. stocks closed their best week of the year with more gains and climbed to the cusp of their records
September 13, 2024
The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam has climbed to 233 as rescue workers recover more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods
September 13, 2024
Pope Francis is concluding his visit to Singapore by praising its tradition of interfaith harmony
September 13, 2024
Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosions
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