The United States has not renewed the national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, lifting some sanctions but keeping an executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status
July 17, 2026
A landslide Friday on the outskirts of Chongqing, China, has killed at least eight people and left 34 missing
July 17, 2026
Eight people were killed and 34 others are still missing after a landslide in a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, local government officials
July 17, 2026
Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the
July 17, 2026
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July 17, 2026
The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that Papua New Guinea has ordered the closure of Taiwan's representative office in the country, the State Department said
July 17, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday the government will pursue steps that encourage investment in domestic financial assets by households
July 17, 2026
China on Friday urged the United States to withdraw its new "discriminatory" visa regulations and said it reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures.
July 17, 2026
Chinese AI startup Moonshot on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said is the world's largest open-weight AI system and
July 17, 2026
The yen may weaken to 170 per dollar and beyond before fruits of the government's stimulus plan engineer a reversal, said RSM US chief economist Joe Brusuelas
July 17, 2026
North Korean state media on Friday called South Korea a "puppet" following its participation in a maritime exercise led by the U.S., saying Seoul and
July 17, 2026
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up in June from the previous month due to elevated energy prices, as well as technical factors including revisions to medical
July 17, 2026
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July 17, 2026
Australia summoned Laos' ambassador to Canberra on Friday, saying it was "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" that Laos was not pursuing the most serious charges
July 17, 2026
China's biggest airlines enter the peak summer travel season facing a more challenging outlook after warning of heavy first-half losses, with weakening
July 17, 2026
The Philippines condemned as racist a video posted by the state-run China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys, saying on Friday it had lodged a diplomatic protest with
July 17, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with China's fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday, the latest
July 17, 2026
As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur prepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops
July 17, 2026
Equity indexes around the world fell on Thursday as investors offloaded heavy-weight chip stocks while the U.S. dollar and Treasury
July 16, 2026
Debates are stirring over Thailand’s safety regulations after a deadly fire at a Bangkok music bar killed more than 30 people and injured over 70
July 16, 2026
Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings is in the final stages of talks to take a stake in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group, the Nikkei business daily reported
July 16, 2026
Hong Kong's national security police arrested five booksellers on suspected charges of "doing an act with seditious intention", the government said in a statement late
July 16, 2026
Fewer vessels travelled through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day after the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports with both countries
July 16, 2026
South Korea's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three-and-a-half years on Thursday and flagged more to come
July 16, 2026
India moves fasting activist to hospital, police say
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