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

Military musician plays with a plastic horn and double gloves

Natalie Paine plays a plastic French horn at Scott Base in Antarctica On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician

Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the

Tribunal sentences ousted leader Hasina to death for crimes against humanity

A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s mass uprising that ended her

Tens of thousands rally in Manila over corruption scandal that implicates top officials

Tens of thousands gathered yesterday for the start of a three-day rally organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital to demand accountability over

Powerful politicians will be in jail by Christmas for corruption scandal, Marcos says

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said yesterday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople

Rapper Namewee released on bail in probe into influencer’s murder

Popular Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker Wee Meng Chee was released on police bail yesterday after being held for a week to assist in the investigation

Country braces for disruptions as former ruling party calls for lockdown to protest Hasina trial

Activists of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party stage a protest rally against a nationwide “lockdown” called by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, yesterday Classes and transportation

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