Heatstroke has killed at least 16 people in southern Telangana state, and Prime Minister Modi has said Indians must heed warning signs. The heat wave has also sparked forest fires in the north. Follow ...
South Korea detains dissident who fled China in rubber boat
Dong Guangping, an activist and former police officer, washed up on Korean shores after 30 hours at sea A Chinese dissident who fled his country on a rubber boat has been detained in South Korea after spending 30 hours at sea.
Why Pakistan may need a new passport if agrees to Trump’s Abraham Accords push
Donald Trump’s suggestion that Pakistan could join the Abraham Accords has triggered a political debate in Islamabad, not just over ties with Israel but also over Pakistan’s passport policy, which ...
China executes man for poisoning gaming tycoon linked to Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Chinese authorities have executed a man for poisoning his former associate, a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix production of “The Three-Body Problem.” ...
China allows fresh urea exports amid Iran war-fuelled fertiliser crisis, sources say
May 27 (Reuters) - China has issued export quotas for urea fertiliser, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, a move that could help ease soaring global prices for one of the world's most ...
China’s new carbon metrics ‘erased half’ of emissions growth reported from 2020 to 2025, report says
By Colleen Howe BEIJING, May 27 (Reuters) - China's latest carbon data suggests it has changed the way it calculates carbon emissions, reducing by half the emissions growth the country previously ...
Euphrates River flooding causes evacuations and property damage in Syria
Recent flooding from the Euphrates River in Syria has led to evacuations and significant property damage, with authorities urging residents to relocate to safer areas. ( read original story ...)
Cyprus Positions Itself as Europe’s Innovation Gateway for HT Labs and other Indian AI Enterprises
There are occasions in international commerce and diplomacy when one senses, with unusual certainty, that the matter at hand is not merely transactional, but civilisational in character. Such an ...
Competing on value, not cost: Why Singapore appeals to German manufacturers
But for the German engineering giant, the decision was not so much about labour costs. Rather, it valued the access to skilled talent, supply chain resilience and Singapore’s role as a regional hub ...
Singapore inks AI deals with Google, OpenAI as ChatGPT-maker commits $234 million to local ecosystem
Singapore has signed new partnerships with Google and OpenAI to strengthen the city-state's position as a global AI hub and accelerating AI deployment.