Foreign visitors' spending in Japan hits record 7 tril. yen in Jan.-Sept

Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit

Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave in 2021.

Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Champi, hundreds of flights cancelled

Typhoon Champi's radius is around 320km, large enough to cover most of Taiwan.

Models in wheelchairs take center stage at Romanian fashion show, in photos

Models in wheelchairs took center stage at a Romanian fashion show promoting inclusion.

Trump mocks Michigan’s progressive and calls him a ‘jihadist’ as president campaigns in Iowa

Trump went after Abdul El-Sayed, James Talarico and Ilhan Omar at his rally in Sioux City, Iowa, as he stumps for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms

Oil little changed as supply concern lingers amid Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

HD Hyundai to build US shipyard with Kiewit, create 3,000 jobs

Execution staff warned of possibility some of Christa Pike's veins had 'blown': attorney

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with the lethal drug, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

Calley Means, RFK Jr's Top Adviser, Quits Trump Administration Weeks Before US Midterms

Calley Means, a top adviser to US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and a Make America Healthy Again movement leader, has resigned from the Trump administration.

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose 'sequentially' like a doctor

The violence of the streets of Paris looked like rage. It revealed a society that will take years to heal

There is despair in France over how to stop a violent upheaval turning into a social collapse. The breakdown in order is so widespread, that it is impossible to turn away with a Gallic shrug.

Japan manufacturing growth slows to 7-month low in October, PMI shows

Commentary: From PSLE to piano lessons, are parents creating a new arms race?

Parents unwittingly place pressure on their children when they take leave or sabbaticals for PSLE preparation, says father-of-three Malminderjit Singh.