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Asia & Pacific

Philippines death toll rises to 11 as storm Bualoi bears down on Vietnam

Bualoi battered small islands in the center of the Philippines on Friday, toppling trees and power pylons, ripping roofs off homes, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.

1 month ago
Americas

As US military leaders prepare for Virginia meeting, agenda comes into focus

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned US generals and admirals from around the world to a meeting in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, a rare gathering of the country's military leadership in one location. ...

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia's Albanese confident on AUKUS pact after meeting UK's Starmer

The AUKUS pact, sealed in 2021, aims to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the next decade to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region. ...

1 month ago

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Americas

US to revoke Colombian president's visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, addressing a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, called for a global armed force with the priority to liberate Palestinians, adding, "This force has to be bigger than that of the United States."

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Death toll from Thailand monsoon floods hits seven

More than 260,000 people across several provinces along the Chao Phraya river were impacted by flooding this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korea PM apologizes after data center fire halts govt services

A lithium battery fire broke out Friday night at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, which hosts key state IT systems, according to local authorities.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Netanyahu says Palestinian state would be 'national suicide' for Israel

Netanyahu, who has opposed a Palestinian state for decades, mocked Western support for Abbas and called the Palestinian Authority "corrupt to the core."

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after protests

Protests broke out last week in the capital, Dili, with thousands of demonstrators demanding that parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Netanyahu's plane takes unusual route to UN summit

Although France had authorised Israeli use of its airspace, according to a French diplomatic source who spoke to AFP, flight-tracking data showed Netanyahu's aircraft instead took a southern path.

1 month ago
Europe

Dutch to return 'Java Man' fossils to Indonesia

The Dutch plan to hand back some 28,000 fossils of the "Dubois Collection" looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump allies to control TikTok under new US deal

The deal would see Chinese ownership of TikTok reduced to 20 percent in the United States, and Beijing on Friday reiterated a call for "open, fair" treatment on the issue.

1 month ago
Americas premium

Prabowo hails ‘gamechanging’ trade deal with Canada

With the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian nation to have such a trade deal with Canada amid the United States’ transformation of its trade ties

1 month ago
Americas

China leads nations with new climate plans, defying US climate denial

China's reduction target marked the first time the world's biggest emitter pledged a cut in emissions, rather than just limiting their growth, though the reduction was less than many observers had expected.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

New Thai foreign minister calls for troop reductions with Cambodia

Formally sworn into office along with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a day earlier, Sihasak Phuangketkeow stressed the need to uphold the ceasefire agreed by Thailand and Cambodia at the end of a deadly five-day conflict in July.

1 month ago
Americas

Trump says Secret Service probing 'sabotage' of escalator at UN

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said an escalator carrying him and his wife Melania “came to a screeching halt” on the way to the main floor, nearly causing them to fall. He called for the arrest of whoever was responsible.

1 month ago
Americas premium

Prabowo pushes two-state solution, multilateralism in debut UNGA speech

President Prabowo Subianto stressed Indonesia’s commitment to multilateralism, peace, and a two-state solution for Palestine during his debut appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, delivering a fiery 19-minute speech that analysts saw as an attempt to position himself as a friend-for-all on the world stage.

1 month ago
Americas

TV host Kimmel says 'anti-American' for govt to threaten comedians

In a lengthy opening monologue, an emotional Kimmel praised the public outrage -- which came from both left and right -- over his suspension, as President Donald Trump threatened to sue ABC, the TV network that carries the show.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

14 killed by lake burst in Taiwan as Super Typhoon Ragasa wreaks havoc

The Chinese finance hub saw scores of fallen trees and flooding in multiple neighborhoods, with the storm surge smashing the glass doors of an upscale hotel and flooding its lobby, according to footage circulated online.

1 month ago
Americas

White House urges probe into Trump escalator, teleprompter malfunctions

The White House said an investigation had been launched into whether the moving stairway was stopped on purpose to humiliate the US president, who later bashed the global body in his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York.

1 month ago
Americas

Who stopped the UN escalator? Likely Trump's videographer, says UN

The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after US President Donald Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday – his videographer may have accidentally triggered a safety mechanism.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Trump's meeting with Muslim countries focuses on permanent ceasefire in Gaza

The news agency said releasing all hostages and taking steps towards addressing the worsening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn enclave were also discussed as priorities at the meeting. 

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

WhatsApp, Twitch among sites that could face Australia under-16s social media ban

Tech companies including WhatsApp and Reddit as well as streaming giant Twitch and gaming firm Roblox could be among more than a dozen sites added to Australia's social media ban for under-16s, the country's regulator said Wednesday.

1 month ago
Europe

Trump, in rhetorical shift, says Ukraine can retake all its land

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing "big" economic problems, in a sudden and striking rhetorical shift in Ukraine's favor.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Super Typhoon Ragasa soaks Hong Kong, death toll rises in Taiwan

Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, while heavy downpours in Taiwan resulted in the deaths of 14 people.

1 month ago
Americas

Prabowo offers 20,000 troops for post-war Gaza

Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Prabowo Subianto said that the world's most populous Muslim-majority country wanted a peace that shows that "might cannot make right."

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Prabowo on tightrope for Palestine address in UN

In his statement at the United Nations’ summit on Palestine, President Prabowo Subianto declared Indonesia’s readiness to recognize Israel once it “recognizes the independence of the statehood of Palestine”.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong shuts down ahead of world's biggest typhoon this year

People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, as panic buying set in and residents stocked up on necessities for fear that shops could be closed for two days.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Singapore firm rejects $1billion Sri Lankan pollution damages

Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship inundated an 80-kilometer stretch of beach along Sri Lanka's western coast. Fishing was prohibited for months.

1 month ago
Americas

Scientists urge global AI 'red lines'

More than 200 prominent figures including 10 Nobel laureates and scientists working at AI giants Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and OpenAI signed on to a letter released at the start of the latest session of the United Nations General Assembly.

1 month ago
Asia & Pacific

Top economists warn about 'collapse' of public interest media

The group of 11 economists in leading American and European universities published a joint statement via the "Forum on Information and Democracy", a body formed by the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group and the French state.

1 month ago

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