Player becomes first in MLB to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has made Major League Baseball (MLB) history by becoming the first player in the league’s history to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a…
Cambodia has started a massive project — a canal that links the Mekong River to the sea. Its deputy prime minister says the Funan Techo Canal is ‘a game-changer’. But Cambodia’s neighbours worried. Not only about the impact the canal could have on the Mekong Delta, but about China’s influence…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced last week that his government plans to ban minors from social media use and will conduct an age verification trial in the upcoming months as a first step. “We know social media is causing social harm, and it is taking kids away from real friends…
The incident remains one of the deadliest in the long-running armed rebellion in Thailand’s southern provinces. Thailand has said it will prosecute eight former security personnel over the 2004 Tak Bai killings in which 78 protesters suffocated after they were arrested and piled on top of each other in army…
Kim Jong Un attends launches, stressing the need for North Korea to improve its conventional and nuclear capabilities. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the successful tests of two types of tactical ballistic missiles, including one with a “super-large conventional warhead” and an “improved” cruise missile, according to…
Manila, Philippines – With the exception of a few pieces of hanging laundry, the first two floors of 65-year-old Veronica Castillo’s three-storey home are practically empty. “Our belongings are up top. We build our houses upwards here. Every year the floods will scrape the ceilings of the second floor,” Castillo…
The United States Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time since 2020. It was seen as the clearest signal yet that central banks are winning the fight against inflation. The US Federal Reserve – usually seen as a global leader – has joined other banks around the…
Beijing tells Washington to ‘stop conniving and supporting Taiwan independence’. China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sales of military equipment to Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced the measures on Wednesday. The move comes as China continues to raise the pressure on Taiwan…
Floods brought on by Typhoon Yagi have killed at least 226 people in Myanmar, state media have reported. The death toll could rise with several dozen people missing, state media said on Tuesday. Yogi, which swept across the region over the past week or so, battered the central provinces of…
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief. Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have left nearly six million children across Southeast Asia struggling to access clean water, food, and shelter, according to the United Nations children’s…
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