Xi says China willing to be a partner, friend with the US
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping said a successful partnership between China and the United States is an opportunity for the two countries to be enablers...
Australia to invest billions of dollars in nuclear submarine shipyard
SYDNEY - Australia said on Wednesday it would invest billions of dollars over the next two decades to expand a shipyard in Western Australia that would...
Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader
NEW DELHI/OTTAWA — Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader...
Taiwan details record surge in planes in China’s war games, flags risk to region
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Defense ministry said on Tuesday it had detected a record number of 153 Chinese military aircraft participating in China’s war games...
North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail lines
SEOUL — North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the...
La Niña is becoming less likely, Australia’s weather bureau says
CANBERRA — The likelihood of a La Niña weather event in coming months has decreased, Australia’s weather bureau said on Tuesday, adding that if...
Petronas’ exploration in South China Sea will continue, Malaysia PM says
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday reiterated that state energy firm Petronas will continue to conduct oil and gas exploration...
Iran condemns EU, UK sanctions on Tehran, denies providing ballistic missiles to Russia
DUBAI — Iran condemned new European Union (EU) and British sanctions on Tehran and denied providing ballistic missiles to Russia, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign...
Nobel economics prize goes to inequality researchers
STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that explored the aftermath of colonization to understand why...
Growth across Pacific slows as post-pandemic rebound fades, says World Bank
SYDNEY - Growth across the Pacific Islands is expected to slow to 3.6% this year, down from 5.8% in 2023, as a post-pandemic rebound fades and...
Arab American PAC rejects both Trump and Harris over their support for Israel
WASHINGTON - The Arab American Political Action Committee said on Monday it will not endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former President Donald Trump citing what it called...
Harris blasts Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comments at Pennsylvania rally
ERIE, Pennsylvania - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Monday slammed Donald Trump for his ominous comments about "the enemy within" the United States and threat to deploy the military...