Indonesia’s flood death toll hits 908, hundreds still missing
Published: 3:36pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 7:23pm, 6 Dec 2025 Indonesia’s disaster agency on Saturday reported a rise in the death toll from floods and...
Jakarta vs the internet: Indonesia’s gamble with digital freedom
What happens when a democracy begins to fear its own internet? In Indonesia, that question is no longer hypothetical, as the government threatens to...
US actress Tara Reid seen downing wine in footage from night of alleged drugging
Newly released surveillance footage from the US hotel where American actress Tara Reid claims she was drugged last month shows the actress downing more...
Drones buzz French nuclear base amid Russian hybrid warfare fears
The French military used jammers as several suspected drones flew over a closely guarded base housing nuclear ballistic submarines, prosecutors said on Friday. It...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Trump’s Firing of Labor Board Members
A divided federal appeals court ruled on Dec. 5 that President Donald Trump may fire members of independent labor boards. The 2-1 ruling in...
China hiker wears clothing tag to support missing children and expand search
A woman from northeastern China, who faced online harassment for wearing a clothing tag while hiking, later clarified that it contained information about a...
‘We all knew’: is your job safe from the AI you are helping to train?
Published: 1:30pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 3:54pm, 6 Dec 2025 For Malaysian tech worker Sam, there were three short steps to being replaced by robots...
Lessons not learned, Hong Kong construction council says after site checks
Published: 1:22pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 5:18pm, 6 Dec 2025 Fire safety risks persist at building sites across Hong Kong following the deadly blaze in...
India and Russia agree to boost trade to US$100 billion by 2030
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic...