Brazil is preparing to waive visa requirements for Chinese citizens travelling for tourism and business, local media reported on Wednesday citing government sources, in a move that would mark a signif...
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri during evening prayers, according to witnesses and securit...
Shanghai, China’s financial and tech hub, is aiming to foster over 200 open-source projects over the next two years as part of the city’s ambitious road map to build a world-class ecosystem amid the h...
Hong Kong’s momentum as an initial public offering (IPO) venue is set to hurtle onwards in 2026 after funds raised from share sales more than tripled in 2025, placing the city’s exchange atop the glob...
Southeast Asia has become “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndica...
Malaysia on Thursday moved to bring some of the world’s biggest social media and messaging platforms under its licensing regime, closing a year-long gap in which several tech giants had operated witho...
Hong Kong authorities will extend the operating hours of Lo Wu and Shenzhen Bay checkpoints while stepping up public transport to manage cross-border passenger flow after the countdown next Wednesday....
Two men arrested over a 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million) robbery in Hong Kong were remanded in custody after appearing at Fanling Court on Friday. Lee Wan-kwong, 36, and Lee Chun-wa, 28, were each charg...
Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an “unprecedented” hike in the use of capital punishment. “It is very alarmi...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Swiss private banks report rising demand from Asian family offices and rich individuals to book assets in Europe...
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says US has no right to annexe the Arctic island...
Eurostar warned travelers to expect significant delays and last-minute cancellations due to an overhead power supply issue in the Channel Tunnel....
A recording of a flight radar shows no planes flying over Venezuela after the US carried out strikes in Caracas, the country's capital, on January 3. Read the original article on Business Insider...
Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction....
A Ryanair flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham on Sunday after the plane encountered turbulence. Anna Barclay/Getty Images Several passengers on a Ryanair flight to Tenerife were injured after it...
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on January 6 she plans to return home "as soon as possible," and rejected the authority of the interim president who has replaced Nicolas Maduro ...
Sector increases investment and rewards investors after surge in global military spending following Ukraine war...