PARIS, FRANCE — US firm Getty Images on Tuesday threatened to sue a tech company it accuses of illegally copying millions of photos for use in...
HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnamese president Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s resignation, announced on Tuesday, comes as part of a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired....
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The UN decried Tuesday the “alarming” rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last...
SINGAPORE — Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, has claimed that the majority of people in Singapore “want to work longer” as long as they are...
by Alice Philipson HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said Tuesday, after days of rumours he was about to be...
TOKYO, JAPAN — A Japanese company has defended its ownership of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, obtained at auction in 1987 after the family of its former owner...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan’s military announced plans Tuesday to include women in its reservist training for the first time this year, as the island tries to...
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA— A school headmaster was shocked to find that the RM109,000 worth of school aid meant for students left inside his car was stolen after...
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH, — An elite Bangladesh police unit is engaged in the rampant extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the Rohingya refugees it has been...
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of National Development and the Housing Development Board (HDB) have been taking out full-page advertisements on the national broadsheet, ensuring the public...
by Ludovic Ehret BEIJING, CHINA — China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the...
SINGAPORE — A video circulated on social media showed at least eight teenagers were punching each other at a basketball court in Boon Keng. Police has...
PARIS, FRANCE — Killings of journalists and media workers surged 50 per cent in 2022 to reach 86 worldwide, marking one death every four days, UN...
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thai police has charged 15 officials with corruption on Monday (16 Jan) after two Chinese suspects walked free from a raid on a...
BEIJING, CHINA — Chinese ride-hailing company Didi accepted new users on Monday for the first time since 2021, after authorities fined the company for data security...