The Trump administration has reportedly discussed paying the island’s residents up to US$100,000 each to lure them to join the US.
10 Jan 2026 - 8:11AM videocam
Umno divisions demand justice for the jailed ex-PM, yet leadership rejects calls to exit unity government ahead of the annual assembly.
9 Jan 2026 - 8:23PM videocam
US-Japanese-Russian crew of four at the International Space Station will return to Earth within days, earlier than planned.
9 Jan 2026 - 1:50PM videocam
The president’s trade aide says American innovation will ‘quickly wipe away’ Beijing’s ‘weaponisation’ of critical minerals.
9 Jan 2026 - 3:30AM videocam
Federal authorities freeze out state investigators as Vice-President J.D. Vance calls the death of Renee Nicole Good a ‘tragedy of her own making’.
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PM Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for trade and other talks in first such trip by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade.
8 Jan 2026 - 3:41AM videocam
The slow-moving trade talks and steep levies are hurting major sectors, forcing firms to seek new markets and offer deep discounts.
7 Jan 2026 - 10:18AM videocam
US president declares he will personally control oil proceeds to ‘benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States’.
7 Jan 2026 - 10:09PM videocam
The ex-president had a ‘crisis’ while sleeping in his cell, his wife said in a social media post.
Thailand, the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, tightens rules to appeal to conservative voters ahead of pivotal election.
The spin-off and potential US listing of Jollibee Foods Corporation would include all of the company’s businesses outside its home market.
American chefs are embracing this delicacy, used in omakase in New York and crab rice in San Francisco, as prices soar to over US$2,000 for a king crab.
Chinese visitors to Vietnam jumped 41 per cent to 5.3 million, topping the 4.5 million to Thailand, where safety concerns reduced Chinese travellers.
5 Jan 2026 - 8:52PM videocam
Marcos used his veto powers to cut unprogrammed appropriations, historically prone to corruption, to their lowest level since 2019.
5 Jan 2026 - 1:06PM videocam
Prabowo Subianto’s government has taken over 4 million hectares of plantations and mines since last January.
5 Jan 2026 - 9:23AM videocam
Instability ‘would gift Nigel Farage’, the PM said, referring to the right-wing Reform UK leader who currently tops opinion polls.
Malaysian authorities said they are investigating images produced by Grok after complaints about the misuse of AI to manipulate images of women and minors.
After a US strike that captured Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump said: ‘I thought … one of the easier ones would be Russia, Ukraine. It’s not’.
The city state’s economy grew 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to data from the trade ministry.
The move could be a signal to Beijing to steer clear of the stand-off between the Trump administration and the Maduro government.
2 Jan 2026 - 5:46AM videocam
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1 Jan 2026 - 7:15AM videocam
The US president killed two Republican-sponsored bills, including one from Maga lawmaker Lauren Boebert.
Beijing has moved to reduce tariffs on the crop and lifted import bans on three US exporters after talks between Xi and Trump.
1 Jan 2026 - 1:44AM videocam
US president urges Jerome Powell to resign as he considers a ‘gross incompetence’ lawsuit against the Fed leader.
The Ukrainian president is seeking extended US security guarantees, exceeding the 15-year plan under discussion as part of peace talks.
Bardot became a global star in “And God Created Woman” in 1956, starred in 50 other films, then left acting to focus on animal rights advocacy.
The two leaders are expected to discuss issues like the future of the Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
27 Dec 2025 - 9:19AM videocam
Seoul to formalise right to build nuclear-powered submarines via Aukus-style waiver requiring approval from Trump and US Congress.