Japan launches first pair of OPVs for JMSDF
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) launched the first two Sakura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV) at the Japan Marine United shipyard on 13 November....
As more chaos plagues Miss Universe pageant, is the ‘drama’ all for show?
Controversy continues to swirl around Thailand’s hosting of this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant days after the winner was crowned, but one contestant believes...
Netherlands’ Nexperia blunder shows it has forgotten its own history
The Netherlands has discovered that it could end up hemmed in by its technological prowess. A day after the United States tightened export controls...
Beauty market aglow: young Chinese splurge on self-care, Fosun-backed firm says
Young Chinese consumers, including a growing number of men, are splurging on aesthetic medical treatments for physical, emotional and social wellness, according to the...
Philippine anti-drug unit disbanded after teen accuses officers of rape, robbery
A Philippine police anti-narcotics team has been disbanded after a teenager accused several officers of raping and robbing her during what authorities later described...
How China turned a cement factory into a haven for mathematicians
Even as the bombs fall in Ukraine, precisely following trajectories defined by equations, Ukrainian and Russian mathematicians, among others, gather in sunlit rooms beside...