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Sep 25, 2026
A suspected power bank fire broke out aboard a Da Nang-bound Air Seoul flight carrying 221 passengers as it prepared to take off from South Korea's Incheon International Airport on the night of Sept. 24.
The good news is, when US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington this week, neither chose confrontation. Amid the high pomp and ceremony, what China has called “constructive strategic stability” continues. Even an uneasy truce in great power relations can be useful. Both recognise the considerable incentive to prevent their economic rivalry from spiralling out of control. Even limited understandings can reduce risks in artificial intelligence (AI) and other...
Professors from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other major U.S. institutions have relocated to Canadian universities amid concerns over tightening controls and declining research funding in the U.S.
No existing legal provision for house arrest in Malaysia, it says.
The approach also gives consumers more information about product origins, helping them identify Phúc Trạch pomelos with the proper geographical indication and traceability.
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A coroner in England has ruled that severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight in May 2024 triggered the cardiac arrest that killed British passenger Geoff Kitchen.
The Philippines’ decision to block messaging platform Discord for less than a day following a series of school shootings has raised questions about the government’s response to child safety online, with analysts describing the move as a show of regulatory muscle that did little to address underlying problems. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced on Thursday that it had lifted the ban after what officials described as successful negotiations with Discord...
Bersatu leader argues that the ROS action was caused by PN's sidelining of the party and breaching its constitution.
However, the deceased's mum declines to reveal details for now.
Schools in HCM City are giving students more opportunities to experience traditional arts, from cải lương (Vietnamese reform theatre) performances linked to classroom lessons to weekly đờn ca tài tử (southern Vietnamese chamber music) sessions.
A major coal deal in Indonesia is set to secure a powerful new partner for one of the country’s biggest miners, even as the industry worries a delay in the government’s approval of production quotas could have a severe impact on the business outlook. Low Tuck Kwong and his daughter Elaine Low, the biggest shareholders of Bayan Resources, agreed on September 16 to sell a 30 per cent stake in Indonesia’s third-largest coal producer to fellow tycoon Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad, better known as Haji...