BENGALURU, India- India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole, a historic triumph for the world's most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme. People watch as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates the Indian Space Research...
BENGALURU, India- India's lunar spacecraft landed safely near the Moon's little-explored south pole on Wednesday, sparking wild celebrations and applause among technicians guiding the mission. This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation...
TOKYO, Japan- Final preparations to discharge wastewater from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan were under way Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean. Hong Kong fishermen hold a protest outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong on August...
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Thailand's new prime minister vowed to bring four years of change to the kingdom as he took office Wednesday at the head of a controversial coalition including pro-military parties linked to former coup-makers. Thailand's new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pictured on a large...
BANGKOK, Thailand– Thai lawmakers began voting Tuesday on whether to approve business tycoon Srettha Thavisin as the kingdom's new prime minister. Srettha was nominated by the Pheu Thai party at the head of a multi-party coalition expected to win enough votes across both houses to get...
BANGKOK, Thailand– Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned from 15 years in exile on Tuesday and was immediately jailed, but his time behind bars could be cut short with his party on the cusp of winning back power. The divisive billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's Don...
Screengrab from Dadula's Facebook live/MANILA BULLETIN The 46-year-old female employer in Hong Kong who was caught on camera strangling her Filipina domestic helper was arrested, April Dadula's mother confirmed. In a Facebook live video that went viral on Aug. 18, the 28-year-old Overseas Filipina...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's divisive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday, after 15 years in exile and hours before parliament votes for a new prime minister. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (AFP) The billionaire landed in a private jet at Bangkok's...
Cambodia's Prime Minister-designate Hun Manet (C) arrives to attend a parliamentary meeting at the National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on August 22, 2023. (AFP) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's parliament on Tuesday elected long-time ruler Hun Sen's eldest son as the new prime...
TOKYO, Japan -- The release of wastewater from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific will begin on Thursday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced, despite opposition from fishermen and protests by China. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (AFP) Japan insists the...
BEIJING, China– A North Korean-owned passenger plane was on the way to the Chinese capital on Tuesday, multiple tracking websites showed. It is state airline Air Koryo's first commercial flight since early 2020, after North Korea shut its borders in response to the Covid-19 pandemic....
PARIS, France– Millions of people in France sweated through a late summer heatwave on Monday, with record temperatures expected in the wine-growing Rhone valley region and a forest fire blazing in the southeast. Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the most...
