Germany admits its economy is in structural crisis

Aug 24, 2025

Berlin [Germany], August 24: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted that addressing the country's challenges was more difficult than expected.

China urgently responds to typhoon Kajiki

Aug 24, 2025

Beijing [China], August 24: China has increased its storm and flood response level and activated a series of precautionary measures ahead of Typhoon Kajiki (Typhoon...

Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest

Aug 24, 2025

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 24: Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a day after his arrest on...

Taiwan, China, battle it out in competing World War Two narratives

Aug 24, 2025

Taipei [Taiwan], August 24: Veteran Pan Cheng-fa says he clearly remembers fighting for China against the Japanese in World War Two, but gets agitated when...

Chalmers has 'no plans' to alter tax-free retiree super

Aug 24, 2025

Sydney [Australia], August 24: Hundreds of thousands of Australians are expected to march in a nationwide groundswell of support for the Palestinian cause, days after...

Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites

Aug 24, 2025

Washington [US], August 24: Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves...

Taiwan nuclear plant re-opening vote fails as approval threshold missed

Aug 24, 2025

Taipei [Taiwan], August 24: A referendum to push for the re-opening of Taiwan's last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to reach the legal threshold to...

Syria delays parliamentary vote in Sweida after sectarian violence

Aug 24, 2025

Damascus [Syria], August 24: Syria's first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and...

Emirati humanitarian aid convoy arrives in Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3

Aug 24, 2025

Gaza border [Israel], August 24: A new convoy of humanitarian aid has arrived in the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.