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Japan is on high alert as China amplifies its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Late last month, Japan launched a protest after a Chinese military aircraft briefly entered the former's southwestern airspace for the first time.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Sep 06, 2024

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged over $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the pandemic.

AFP news Sep 05, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he supported Kamala Harris in November's US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after the United States issued indictments accusing Moscow of vote interference.

AFP news Sep 05, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his main aim in Ukraine after 30 months of fighting was to capture the eastern Donbas area -- and claimed that Ukraine's Kursk counter-offensive had made that easier.

AFP news Sep 05, 2024

A former official who worked as an aide to the governor of New York state was arrested and charged with working as an agent of China in return for millions of dollars, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

AFP news Sep 04, 2024

Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as renewable production surged, data showed Wednesday.

AFP news Sep 04, 2024

Mastermyne's Crinum Mine was charged following a notorious roof collapse, which claimed the life of 60-year-old Graham Dawson in 2021.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Sep 04, 2024

Meta's regional director of policy, Mia Garlick, stated that the News Media Bargaining Code, which pertained to publishing news content, was "unworkable" as it was not "reflective of the economic realities of news on our services."

Vidhya CK Sep 04, 2024

US climate envoy John Podesta will visit China this week for talks with counterpart Liu Zhenmin, state media said Tuesday, ahead of the COP29 summit in Baku in November.

AFP news Sep 03, 2024

Dozens of Ukrainians were killed on Tuesday in a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, one of the deadliest strikes of the two-and-a-half-year war.

AFP news Sep 03, 2024

One woman has died, schools have been shuttered and tens of thousands of people were without power Monday, as wild storms lashed Australia.

AFP news Sep 02, 2024

However, extending the life of the 2.9 gigawatt Eraring coal plant north of Sydney, which is Australia's single biggest generator, has eased the risk of outages.

Vidhya CK Aug 29, 2024

NSW Premier Chris Minns said, "I'm disappointed by the decision from the commonwealth government. The application was made in 2019. It's gone through the Independent Planning and Assessment Commission, as well as every other government department in NSW."

Shreyashi Chakraborty Aug 28, 2024

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed that Victoria's social housing made up a mere 2.8% of its total housing stock, the lowest ratio in the country.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Aug 28, 2024

North Korea has unveiled a new "suicide drone", state media said Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a performance test of the weapons, which experts said could have come from Russia.

AFP news Aug 27, 2024

The docking of the atomic-powered vessel marks the first such visit by the American nuclear sub.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Aug 23, 2024

A celebrated Australian penguin famous for raising chicks as part of an unlikely same-sex couple has died, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday.

AFP news Aug 22, 2024

A volcanic eruption belched a plume of ash that grounded flights in New Zealand on Thursday, with government scientists warning it could continue venting for "weeks to months" to come.

AFP news Aug 22, 2024

The Israeli police and internal security service said Thursday they arrested four suspects for "terrorist" acts against Palestinians during a deadly settler attack last week on an occupied West Bank village.

AFP news Aug 22, 2024

Though there are only a handful of them among thousands of delegates, the "Uncommitted Movement" delegates at the Democratic National Convention are among the most vocal.

AFP news Aug 22, 2024

US President Joe Biden will give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for November's election.

AFP news Aug 19, 2024

Philippine ships sustained serious damage Monday in pre-dawn collisions with Chinese vessels near a disputed reef, Manila's coast guard said, as Beijing steps up efforts to push its claims in the South China Sea.

AFP news Aug 19, 2024

The WHO on Thursday warned further imported cases of the new, more dangerous mpox strain in Europe were likely, after Sweden announced the first such infection outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

AFP news Aug 17, 2024

Members of Congress on Thursday called on Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg to give them details regarding ads for opiods and other illicit drugs on the tech titan's platform.

AFP news Aug 17, 2024

Mercedes-Benz Korea released the names of its electric vehicle battery suppliers on Tuesday, bowing to public outrage after one of its cars burst into flame in a parking lot earlier this month.

AFP news Aug 13, 2024

Using QR codes and tap-to-pay methods, the ID system will securely communicate information from MyGov accounts.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Aug 13, 2024

Mike Burgess added the need of the hour was careful communication about national security to protect the public from growing threats and extremism.

Shreyashi Chakraborty Aug 13, 2024

Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman of the United States as husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Thursday announced the US would make an exceptional contribution over $2 million to UN cultural agency UNESCO to boost the fight against anti-Semitic hatred.

AFP news Aug 09, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Thursday that he was "sorry" that Hamas was able to carry out its October 7 attack, without explicitly taking responsibility.

AFP news Aug 09, 2024