Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
Billionaire businessman Ong Beng Seng, the tycoon credited with bringing Formula One night racing to Singapore, is set to plead guilty on Monday in a corruption scandal that has shaken the city-state’s
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Boeing Co. is preparing for its first strike at its St. Louis-area defense plants in nearly 30 years, after 3,200 union machinists voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer, setting the
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a strong nationalist message over the weekend, urging Indians to support local industries and signaling no immediate plans to halt Russian oil imports — despite escalating
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Plastic pollution is an escalating public health emergency that remains dangerously under-recognized, a global group of scientists and medical experts warned in a landmark report published Sunday in The Lancet. The warning
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Chinese exporters are beginning to reassess years of offshore investment in Southeast Asia as the latest wave of US tariffs and restrictions on “transshipment” force a major rethink of regional supply chain
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Shares in Europe’s largest banks have surged to their highest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis, buoyed by a sharp rise in long-term interest rates and a renewed investor appetite for
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A growing number of young Britons are being caught in an international drug trafficking web, lured by promises of glamour, quick cash — and a “free holiday.” Among them is 19-year-old Bella
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A growing storm surrounds evangelical efforts deep in the Amazon after solar-powered audio devices broadcasting biblical messages were found among one of Brazil’s most isolated indigenous groups. The alarming discovery, first reported
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Editorial When the jackpot owner Lawrence Ho declared that Sri Lanka could become to India what Macau is to China, he may have intended it as a compliment — a bold vision
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For more than 25 years, the internet’s front door has been unmistakably simple: a blank white page, a search bar, and the iconic Google logo. That minimalist design has been the launchpad
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The European Union is advancing a highly contentious proposal known as the “Chat Control” bill, which could require widespread scanning of private communications, including those sent via encrypted platforms such as WhatsApp
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The Pakistan Army has officially inducted China’s Z-10ME attack helicopter into its aviation fleet, marking the first known export of the advanced combat platform and deepening military ties between Islamabad and Beijing.
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President Xi Jinping, in his capacity as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has signed an official order to unveil the newly designed flags of four key branches of the Chinese
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China has lifted the veil on some of its most tightly guarded military activities through a five-part television documentary that began airing on Friday, coinciding with the 98th anniversary of the founding
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OPEC+ has reached a consensus in principle to significantly boost oil production by 548,000 barrels per day starting in September, marking a crucial step in reinstating previously halted supply volumes. According to
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