Guatemalan president-elect suspends presidential transition process
Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes.
2023-09-14 11:29
Fire kills at least 30 in nine-story building in Vietnam
At least 30 people, including children, have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, local media reported on Wednesday citing the city's police.
2023-09-13 19:58
China says it hasn't issued any ban on Apple's iPhone
China hasn't issued any laws or rules to ban the use of iPhones or any other foreign phone brand, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
2023-09-13 17:45
Chinese insurance boss sentenced to life in jail for corruption
Wang Bin, the former chairman of one of China's biggest life insurers, will spend the rest of his life in jail after a court found him guilty of corruption.
2023-09-13 17:22
This green armored train has carried the Kim family for decades
On Sunday afternoon, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped onto an old-fashioned green train that has by now become an enduring symbol of the hermit nation's isolation and secrecy.
2023-09-13 15:56
Morgues overwhelmed in Libya as rescuers search for thousands missing after flood
Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea.
2023-09-13 15:49
China unveils 'blueprint' for Taiwan integration while sending warships around the self-ruled island
China on Tuesday unveiled a plan to deepen integration between the coastal province of Fujian and self-governing Taiwan, touting the benefits of closer cross-strait cooperation while sending warships around the island in a show of military might.
2023-09-13 15:49
North Korea fires ballistic missile as Kim and Putin set to meet in Russia's Far East
North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into waters off its east coast Wednesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as a highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was set to take place in Russia's Far East.
2023-09-13 11:25
Alibaba's new CEO embraces AI and wants a younger management team
Alibaba Group will embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and promote younger people to senior management, its new CEO says, as the e-commerce and cloud giant tackles its most ambitious restructuring in its history.
2023-09-12 17:58
More than 70 crocodiles set loose by heavy flooding in southern China
Authorities in a southern Chinese city have launched an operation to recapture more than 70 crocodiles who escaped from a commercial farm after intense flooding swept through the region, multiple state media outlets have reported, with some residents warned to stay indoors.
2023-09-12 15:26
China's 'Lipstick King' tearfully apologizes after online spat highlighting country's economic woes
One of China's most popular livestreamers has offered a teary apology after getting into a viral online spat in which he questioned whether a viewer had been working "hard enough" to make enough money to afford a product he was selling.
2023-09-12 13:50
Beijing claims US citizen jailed for life in China was decorated spy who worked undetected for decades
Beijing claims an American citizen jailed for life in China earlier this year is a decorated spy who had worked for US intelligence for more than three decades, as it ramps up a campaign warning citizens to guard against foreign espionage.
2023-09-12 10:50