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...
Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge crowds of joyous supporters after 17 years in self-imposed exile. Rahman, the son o...
Tourists planning to spend Christmas in Hong Kong have fuelled a surge in guest house bookings since October, driving occupancy and room rates to their strongest levels in five years. But those arrivi...
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SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son delivers a speech during the annual general shareholders' meeting in Tokyo on June 27, 2025. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images SoftBank is acquiring data...
Myanmar is holding its first election since the 2021 coup, but low turnout, civil war and the absence of real opposition have cast doubt on whether the vote can deliver stability or legitimacy....
Thousands of flights were cancelled or delayed during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Forecasters said the worst of the storm had passed and conditions were set to clear....
Donald Trump and the Chinese foreign minister have congratulated both sides on ending months of border clashes. Since the first flare-up in May, the conflict has killed dozens and displaced hundreds o...
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer, has priced the next batch of units on offer at its massive Sierra Sea residential project about 5 per cent higher than previous phases, s...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ OpenAI made reports concerning child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. ✓ The repo...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025. ✓ Indie Game Awards retracted Game of the Year ...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ Prime Minister Starmer lacks a coherent social mobility plan according to a top government adviser. ✓ The chair of the So...
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📋 Key Facts ✓ Instacart has ended its AI-driven pricing tests. ✓ The tests pushed up costs for some shoppers. ✓ ...
As the countdown to New Year's Eve in Times Square begins, the iconic ball is preparing for its annual drop, ushering in a new year as the U.S. also looks ahead to celebrating its 250th anniversary....