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Taiwan eyes silicon photonics as next big tech leap

Military budgets more arms production

Japan Likely Sold Treasuries to Fund Record Yen Intervention

Japan likely sold a portion of its holdings of foreign securities, including US Treasuries, to finance its record curren...

N. Korea commissions nuclear-capable naval destroyer Kang Kon

North Korea has commissioned its new naval destroyer Kang Kon, state media said Monday, as the country pushes to moderni...

Hormuz traffic drops to lowest since May

Hormuz traffic drops to lowest since May An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz daily over the ...

Solomon Islands, US sign deal to restore Peacec Corps programme

Solomon Islands and the United States have signed an agreement to resume the Peace Corps programme, ending a suspension ...

Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate aid system

Nepal is seeking compensation for climate change-related damages from a UN fund.

China Injects Billions of Capital Into Banks, Insurers

China is injecting billions into its largest banks and insurers to shore up balance sheets and sustain growth in a slowi...

Goldman’s Moe Sees 80% Upside for Korean Stocks on Memory Boom

A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategist is standing by his bullish target for South Korean stocks, saying investors undere...

FWO seeks 4-year payback for $432m Azeri-funded pipeline

• Guaranteed transportation tariff to facilitate Socar participation • Pipeline tariff projected at $64 a tonne • Projec...

Assailant lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor at fair in U.S., campaign officials say

The attempted attack is the latest political violence to roil the United States. And the Ohio gubernatorial race is one ...

Gold Holds Decline as Traders Weigh Prospects for Fed Rate Hike

Gold held a decline, after stronger-than-expected US payrolls data raised the prospects for an interest-rate hike as ear...

'K-Book Week' in Paris to mark 140 years of Korea-France ties

South Korea is holding a "K-Book Week" in Paris this month as part of celebrations marking the 140th anniversary of dipl...

Solomon Islands’ Tourism poised for new growth phase

In February this year, Tourism Solomons celebrated the Solomon Islands' best visitor arrival figures in the post-COVID p...

New Zealand’s ruling coalition leads poll two months ahead of election

Disillusionment is driving voters to smaller parties, which could play an outsized role in deciding who forms a governme...

Afghan democracy wasn’t doomed to fail – the US broke promises

After the signing of the Munich agreement in 1938 that allowed Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia, Winston Chu...

Lee arrives in France, set for summit with Macron in Paris

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Nice, France, on Sunday on a four-day visit that will later take him to ...

Anti-base Okinawa gov. in tight race with base supporter: poll

Gov. Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, is running neck and ...

West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over UN visit

A West Papuan activist is calling on Pacific leaders to "stand up strong" and hold Indonesia to its commitment to allow ...

AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Sends a Signal to Europe

A vote in eastern Germany has given fresh momentum to hard-right parties hoping to win elections across Europe next year...

The volunteers risking their lives to defuse Indonesia's wildfire 'carbon bombs'

Peat fires in Borneo are releasing ancient stores of carbon - and sending a toxic smog across South East Asia.

Postcard from PIF: Hardly divided, leaders took a stand on China test

The focus for this year’s annual gathering of Pacific leaders and partners was always going to be about China. With the ...

Five killed as Amazon cargo plane overshoots runway in Miami

Crash of Prime Air 767-300 is latest in a string of recent US aviation accidents

UK hiring picks up in latest hint of improving economic confidence

Survey suggests demand for staff is now stabilising in the private sector

Healey to Pitch UK Regional Growth Paired With Fiscal Discipline

John Healey plans to put regional growth at the heart of his economic vision, while vowing fiscal discipline, in his fir...

Germany’s Far Right Just Misses Majority in Crucial State Election

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, trounced its rivals but was left unsure if it will be able to govern in Saxony-Anha...

Russia’s Most Dangerous Military Adaptation Is Recovery

Russia is learning how to restore command, targeting and sustainment after disruption. NATO should measure success by ho...

Peso Left Behind in Asia as Oil Shock Erodes Dollar Reserves

The Philippine peso just can’t catch a break.

China Piles Pressure on Taiwan With Fresh Patrols Off East Coast

For decades, China’s maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now...

Russia Is Redrawing Its Energy Map Through the Arctic

Russia’s Northern Sea Route (NSR) is about to become a game-changer for Eurasian energy trade, and Europe’s January 2027...

Mike Huckabee criticised for accusing Jewish UK foreign secretary of 'Jew hate'

Mike Huckabee criticised for accusing Jewish UK foreign secretary of 'Jew hate' The US ambassador to Israel has been cri...

New dossier sheds light on Sudan chemical weapons allegations

Documents, videos, and text messages reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post appear to show Sudan’s milit...

Iran’s Hormuz leverage wanes as U.S. economic squeeze bites

After years of surviving sanctions, Tehran is now confronting one of the harshest squeezes in the Islamic Republic's his...

British citizens clash with police in Portsmouth over arrival of migrants — newspaper

On September 6, illegal migrants were brought to Portsmouth from a vessel intercepted by UK authorities in the English C...

OpenAI implicated in another hack

A swarm of OpenAI agents hacked a German website this spring, Reuters reported, in the latest incident of advanced AI vi...

German far right claims historic win

Germany’s nationalist AfD won a landslide victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, potentially making it...

US envoys Witkoff, Kushner spearhead Russia-Ukraine diplomacy push

US envoys held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv after meeting Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Mosco...

US and Iran trade attacks on oil tankers

The US and Iran traded attacks on oil tankers over the weekend, intensifying pressure on energy flows through the Strait...

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

If the AfD can win, it will secure a foothold for advancing its agenda to heavily restrict immigration, restore ties wit...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system

The Kang Kon is capable of delivering 'annihilating retaliatory strikes'.