BANGKOK, Thailand - Several Southeast Asian air force commanders will shun an upcoming meeting chaired by Myanmar's military rulers, officials told AFP, deepening the junta's regional isolation as it struggles to crush resistance. The annual ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference gathers top air force...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling competition in the search engine market and causing prices to rise across the UK economy, a statement said Thursday. The claim, filed with the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, is...
Buildings are seen in the haze caused by air pollution in Jakarta on August 25, 2023. The megalopolis of about 30 million people has seen air pollution levels rise to some of the highest in the world in recent months, topping global rankings multiple times since the beginning of August, according...
China’s Premier Li Qiang (L) is greeted by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo upon his arrival at the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Mast IRHAM / POOL / AFP) JAKARTA, Indonesia -- China's Premier Li Qiang said Wednesday that...
HONG KONG, China -- Most markets fell Wednesday as a jump in oil prices to 10-month highs rekindled worries of another US Federal Reserve interest rate hike. The dollar eased slightly against its major peers after rallying Tuesday on new monetary tightening bets, though it remained elevated. The...
The seat for Myanmar delegation remains empty before the 26th ASEAN-China Summit at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / POOL / AFP) YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta on Wednesday criticised an ASEAN statement condemning military violence and the...
A man (L), whom local media have named as 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, who is believed to have thrown an explosive toward Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leaves Wakayama Nishi Police Station in Wakayama on April 17, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- A man accused of throwing a...
Indian artist Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to an oil painting of US President Joe Biden, at his workshop in Amritsar on September 5, 2023, ahead of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- US President Joe Biden heads to India for the G20...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) attends the celebration of Amazon Day at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on September 5, 2023. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the demarcation of two new indigenous reserves, considered major barriers to deforestation,...
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 24, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C,R) and his wife Olena Zelenska attending a religious service at Saint Sophia cathedral during Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv....
This picture taken on July 27, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28, 2022 shows weapons being paraded at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark a key anniversary of the Korean War. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- The...
Women wear Abayas as they walk in an underpass in Nantes, western France on August 31, 2023. The French government's decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas -- long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern origin -- has opened a fresh debate about the country's secular laws and the treatment of Muslim...
