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India’s Modi and China’s Xi seek to reset ties on BRICS sidelines
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, the latest effort by the rival neighbors to ... -
Crypto billionaires give $97 million to Reform UK, fueling concerns about money in politics
Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about ... -
Romania sets Guinness record with miles-long table, raises funds for pediatric psychiatry hospital
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Romania ’s capital Saturday to sit down at a miles-long table to break a Guinness record and raise money for what ... -
Seoul trying to learn if Kim has a son but daughter’s status as heir appears solid
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service says it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a son, while the spy agency maintains ... -
Japan deploys equipment to Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze
A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo on Thursday as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia ... -
Trump says oil prices won’t come down until after midterms
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oil ... -
The Korean thriller ‘Hope’ is a creature feature to the tilt
Na Hong-jin makes chase movies and it can be incredible where they go. His latest, “Hope,” is his biggest and wildest movie yet. But despite its ... -
Carly Simon’s album is a journey through love and loss
On her first album with original songs in nearly 20 years, Carly Simon is still working on some old demons and still determined to outlast them. ... -
Hundreds rally at Israeli embassy to demand foreigners respect Thai laws
Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok on Thursday to demand foreigners show more respect for Thailand’s laws and culture as public discontent over ... -
Yemen risks a return to civil war as Iran-backed rebels target a crucial shipping route
CAIRO — Yemen is moving closer to a return to civil war. The escalating events in the Arab world’s poorest country are closely linked to the ... -
Beijing hits back at US claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation
China hit back Wednesday against U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers are engaged in “aggressive, malicious” industrial-scale efforts to extract capabilities from frontier American AI ... -
Suspected measles cases kill nearly 1,000 as doctors struggle to contain outbreak
Eight-month-old Rojatun Jannat Ramisa is struggling to breathe in a hospital in Bangladesh’s capital as her parents sit helplessly beside her. She’s one of thousands of ... -
Real Madrid and Man City kick off with wins as Champions League returns
There were goals for Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland; and wins for Real Madrid and Manchester City as the Champions League returned Tuesday [yesterday, Macau time] ... -
Malaysian authorities recover remains of all 5 aboard ‘flying doctor’ helicopter after crash
KUALA LUMPUR, — Authorities recovered Wednesday the remains of all five people aboard a “flying doctor” service helicopter that crashed on Malaysia’s Borneo island the day ... -
Renoir paintings are worth a fortune, but not when they’re stolen
Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, ... -
China’s exports pick up in August, jumping 25% as its trade surplus widens
China’s exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods as its record trade surplus widened further, its ... -
EU warns of a chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11
A quarter of a century after the Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, jihadist groups still pose a major threat to security in Europe, but a ... -
The Serpent’s egg: German vote shows rise of far-right in Europe, but it hasn’t been a steady march
The first victory of the Alternative for Germany in a state election has renewed fears of an ascendant far-right in Europe, as voters repeatedly vent discontent ... -
Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border
Russia and North Korea opened the first road bridge across their narrow stretch of border yesterday [Macau time], creating a new physical link between the two ... -
Singapore ministers, among world’s highest paid government officials, get first raise in 15 years
Singapore’s ministers, already among the world’s highest paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining the ... -
AfD scores first far-right state election win since Nazi era
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was facing a tough situation yesterday after his party was crushed by the Alternative for Germany party in a regional election that ... -
Iran players in Australia say anthem silence protested Tehran
Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s ... -
Storm creates huge waves and dangerous currents at southern California beaches
Hurricane Marie, well out in the Pacific, created flooding and dangerous conditions at some southern California beaches over Labor Day weekend, with strong currents and huge ... -
Nepal holds a day of mourning after floods kill at least 1,300 people
Nepal held a day of mourning yesterday to remember those killed in the Aug. 26 floods, with flags lowered at government offices and families concluding mourning ... -
Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain’s role in slavery to King Charles III
Jamaica is taking its campaign for Britain to pay reparations for the ravages of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to King Charles III. Using legal traditions that ... -
Pressure in China helps convince Volkswagen it’s time to change
Volkswagen’s sweeping restructuring underlines the force of the China shock hitting Germany’s economy as the world›s biggest car market, short years ago a major profit center, rapidly becomes a major ... -
Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him
President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom. But Friday’s surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration from ... -
Zheng Qinwen makes big US Open comeback. Naomi Osaka joins her in the fourth round
Zheng Qinwen was on her back with her arms in the air, celebrating a U.S. Open victory maybe only she believed was possible. Madison Keys fought off tears ... -
Nepal flood survivor’s family relieved after days of anxious waiting
After days of waiting anxiously, Lu Haitao’s family could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Chinese man was rescued from a tunnel in Nepal where devastating ... -
USS Lincoln crew hits the streets of Pattaya after Middle East deployment
Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand’s seaside resort city Pattaya yesterday, as part of a port call after ... -
Pacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm
When stormy seas batter Melekeok state on Palau’s biggest island, the Pacific Ocean floods right into people’s homes. “We keep telling the legislature we need to ... -
Far-right party targets Bauhaus school ahead of state election
Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down the world-famous Bauhaus school of design, it has once again become a cultural battleground between Germany’s establishment and ... -
Mike D 5D’s debut solo album offers glitchy, post-Beastie Boy fun
Mike D 5D, a new project from former Beastie Boy Michael Diamond, will release “Thank You” on Friday — the debut solo album from the MC ... -
Cassandra Wilson, award-winning jazz singer, dies at 70
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson ... -
After fleeing Afghanistan, SOLA opens a permanent school in Rwanda
Shabana Basij-Rasikh smiles as she points to the sign in the middle of campus: School of Leadership of Afghanistan, SOLA, a home in Rwanda. The sign, ...
