Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student, parents

Victim’s family and friends leave the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney, yesterday A  judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor yesterday to life in prison

Authorities to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah massacre

A flower memorial to shooting victims outside the Bondi Pavilion at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, yesterday Australian federal and state government leaders yesterday agreed to immediately

Manila tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment

A semi-submerged freighter lists by the coast of the South Luzon The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies

Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia intensify with attacks

This shows a house which, Thai local security forces say, was damaged by a Cambodian artillery strike in Surin province Cambodia said Thailand launched more

World-first social media ban for children under 16 starts

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect yesterday as families taking back power

Ayumi Hamasaki cancels Macau concert amid diplomatic tensions

Japanese pop icon Ayumi Hamasaki has called off her upcoming concert in Macau, citing ongoing diplomatic strains between Japan and China. The performance, scheduled for January

New fighting between Thailand and Cambodia rooted in old enmity

Thai residents who fled homes as Thailand and Cambodia clash over border, rest at an evacuation center in Buriram province, Monday A history of enmity between Thailand

Takaichi wins fans not with politics but with her style, and ‘work, work’ mantra

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives to her office in Tokyo The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work”

Canberra to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week

Australia’s Communications Minister Anika Wells Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit

1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies yesterday as the death

Rescuers intensify search for victims after floods and landslides kill 69 people

Rescuers searched yesterday in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible survivors after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island left 69 people dead

More than 30 dead and 14 missing amid landslides and floods

People walk past a section of a highway blocked by a landslide caused by heavy rain in Badulla, Sri Lanka, yesterday Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and

Flooding death toll rises to more than 80 as water levels fall

People wade through floodwaters in Songkhla province, yesterday The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand climbed to more than 80 people as floodwaters began

Shark kills woman and seriously wounds another swimmer at an Australian beach

A sign is seen at the site of a fatal shark attack at Dee Why Beach, in Sydney A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man

India protests ‘arbitrary detention’ of citizen at Shanghai airport

An Indian girl poses for photos with an Indian flag at the Indo-China border in Bumla at an altitude of 15,700 feet India has lodged a

China’s pressure on Japan could last for some time

Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley

News from outside disappears in North Korea

Lee Si-young, head of the Free North Korea Radio station, demonstrates how to record her station's radio programs at her office in Seoul, South Korea, Monday (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) For

Marcos Jr. refuses to discuss family matters in public

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., speaks during the launching of Metro Cebu Waterways Clearing in Cebu city Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond yesterday

Court convicts former mayor of human trafficking

Dismissed Bamban town Mayor Alice Guo arrives at a private hangar in the City of Pasayearly in Sept. 2024, following her deportation from Indonesia A Philippine court yesterday

Russian hacking suspect wanted by the FBI arrested in Phuket

A 35-year-old suspected Russian hacker, identified in Russian media as Denis Obrezko, with cyber police after he was arrested in Phuket Police have arrested a suspected

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