Reuters Police say they are not expecting to find any more survivors from the landslide Rescue efforts for six missing people buried by a landslide in New Zealand on Thursday have been called off, with efforts now moving to recovering bodies, police have said. “Tragically it is now apparent that we will not be able…
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondent Getty Images Every month, hundreds of millions of users flock to Pinterest looking for the latest styles. One page titled “the most ridiculous things” is filled with plenty of wacky ideas to inspire creatives. Crocs repurposed as flower pots. Cheeseburger-shaped eyeshadow. A gingerbread house made of vegetables. But what would-be…
Hindustan Times via Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. India and the EU have been negotiating a free trade deal on and off for nearly two decades European Council President Antonio Luis Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der…
Getty Images There are manifold reasons why recorded shark encounters are rising in Australia’s oceans – but fatalities are relatively rare It’s “extraordinary”, says shark researcher Chris Pepin-Neff: four shark bites within 48 hours, and three of them within a 15-kilometre stretch of Australia’s east coast. On 18 January, a 12-year-old boy was taken to…
A new luxury watch themed on a private zoo run by the family of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has been unveiled in India – complete with a hand-painted figurine of the tycoon’s youngest son, Anant, in the centre. Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted figures of a lion…
A 22-year-old Afghan woman who was reportedly running a taekwondo gym for girls has been released after spending 13 days in jail, a spokesman for the Taliban’s supreme court confirmed. Khadija Ahmadzada was detained for being in “violation” of rules “regarding women’s sports gyms”, a spokesman for the Taliban’s ministry of vice and virtue told…
The death toll in a fire which engulfed a shopping centre in Pakistan has climbed to 67, police have confirmed. Police say 77 people are currently reported as missing by their families following the fire at Gul Plaza, in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, on Saturday evening. But the scale of the damage following the blaze…
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Singapore Getty Images One in seven people in the world use TikTok. Yet for the company behind such a cultural phenomenon, the last few years have been a rollercoaster. Concerns over the app first surfaced more than five years ago, prompting President Trump, in his first term, to sign an executive…
Jonathan Head,South East Asia correspondent, Bangkokand Sen Nguyen,Bangkok VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/HANDOUT/EPA/Shutterstock To Lam will lead the party and country for the next five years Welcome to the new era of “national rise”! That was the pitch made by Vietnam’s most powerful figure, Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, as he faced the nearly 1,600 delegates…
Suranjana Tewari,Asia Business Correspondentand Lily Jamali,North America Technology Correspondent Getty Images TikTok announced on Thursday that it has finalised a deal that will allow the hugely popular short-video app to continue operating in the US. The deal comes after a years-long tussle between Washington and Beijing that began in Trump’s first term in the White…