US shutdown nears 1-month mark, threatening flights and food aid
Published: 5:49am, 27 Oct 2025Updated: 11:51am, 27 Oct 2025 With the US government shutdown stumbling towards the one-month mark, the effects of the stand-off...
Don’t expect China to compromise on rare earth controls at Apec
President Xi Jinping is expected to meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit later...
India and China resume direct flights as ties improve after 5-year suspension
India and China resumed direct flights on Sunday after a five-year suspension, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step as Asia’s...
Workers reject Boeing’s latest contract offer after nearly 3 months on strike
Striking workers at Boeing Defence in the St Louis, Missouri area rejected the company’s latest contract proposal on Sunday, sending a strike that has...
4 killed in Cameroon protests ahead of election results, opposition says
At least four people were killed by gunshots in opposition protests in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala on Sunday, according to the campaign of presidential...
3 dead, 29 wounded as Russia targets Kyiv with drone strikes
Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said early on Sunday. Advertisement At least 29 people were wounded,...
London police arrest asylum seeker sex offender who was mistakenly freed
UK police on Sunday arrested an Ethiopian asylum seeker and convicted sex offender, whose crimes had sparked anti-immigration protests, after he was accidentally released...
Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
Published: 12:00am, 27 Oct 2025Updated: 1:57am, 27 Oct 2025 Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to...
China gives Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi the cold shoulder
China has held off on congratulating Japan’s new prime minister nearly a week after her appointment, a break with precedent that sends alarm about...