Scam hubs on Thai-Myanmar border still have up to 100,000 people, Thai police says
DESPITE a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police...
South Korea to tighten apartment trading rules in wealthy Seoul districts
SEOUL — South Korea said on Wednesday it will tighten property market trading rules in wealthy parts of Seoul to stem any speculative transactions...
Bill Gates warns White House he can’t fill shortfalls in US global health funding
LONDON - Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning...
Trump still intends for reciprocal tariffs to kick in on April 2, White House...
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump still intends for new reciprocal tariff rates to take effect on April 2, the White House said on...
BOJ keeps interest rates steady as Trump risks loom
TOKYO - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as policymakers chose to spend more time gauging how prospects of higher...
US homebuilding, manufacturing surge; tariffs cast pall over recovery
WASHINGTON - US single-family homebuilding rebounded sharply in February amid a thaw in winter weather while production at factories surged, but rising prices for...
Ceasefire over as Israel launches deadly airstrikes across Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 200 people, Palestinian health authorities said, as attacks hit dozens of targets early on Tuesday,...
US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu on a farm since 2017
PARIS — The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country...
US Commerce department bureaus ban China’s DeepSeek on government devices
US COMMERCE department bureaus informed staffers in recent weeks that Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model DeepSeek is banned on their government devices, according to...
Harvard offers free tuition to students from families earning $200,000 or less
WASHINGTON — Harvard University said on Monday it would make tuition free for undergraduate students from families earning less than $200,000 a year and...
UK freezes government credit cards in drive for savings
LONDON — Thousands of government-issued credit cards accounting for hundreds of millions of pounds of spending will be frozen this week, Britain’s Labor government...
China renews export registrations for US pork, poultry plants in relief to farmers
BEIJING/CHICAGO - Beijing has renewed registrations that allow hundreds of U.S. pork and poultry facilities to export to China, industry groups said on Monday,...