Japan’s looming typhoon crisis threatens disaster defences and tourism
Japan could be heading into one of the worst typhoon seasons in its history, raising fears that stronger, more frequent storms will challenge not...
China to bust Yangtze River chokepoint with US$11 billion ‘water staircase’ project
Eyeing massive new shipping facilities near the Three Gorges dam, China has formally begun construction on an ambitious project to enable the passage of...
US trade court to Trump administration: speed up tariff refunds
Published: 7:21am, 10 Jun 2026Updated: 7:33am, 10 Jun 2026 The US Court of International Trade is pressing the Trump administration to speed up tariff...
Scientists find woolly mammoth DNA while digging through squirrel faeces
A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel faeces in Canada’s remote Yukon...
US expects to finish Trump’s Mexico border wall by next year
The US expects to complete President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall by late 2027, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said...
What a US lawyer’s diaries show about prosecuting Japanese atrocities of Nanking massacre
Published: 6:00am, 10 Jun 2026Updated: 9:45am, 10 Jun 2026 A US prosecutor’s newly revealed diaries from World War II have laid bare the gruelling...
Forget Weimar, it’s Japan’s Taisho period we need to talk about
People always talk knowingly about Weimar, a period of extremes: artistic and social-sexual decadence, democratic liberalism and the radicalisation of the left and the...
Trump says Iran downed US Apache helicopter, vows US response
Published: 1:31am, 10 Jun 2026Updated: 2:46am, 10 Jun 2026 US President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to respond after Iran shot down a US...
Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing
Published: 1:16am, 10 Jun 2026Updated: 1:29am, 10 Jun 2026 Nasa on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in...