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Young dancers perform the "igal igal" atop a traditional "lepa" boat during the 31st Regatta Lepa in Semporna, Malaysia, in June. As tourism grows along Sabah’s southeastern coast, Indigenous Bajau communities are seeking a greater role in presenting their culture and influencing how tourism develops. (All photos by…
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia's Flores region on Saturday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
MANILA, Philippines — Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez on Friday revealed that he met with Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay and discussed key infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening the country's tourism sector and encouraging both local and international travelers to explore the Philippines' premi…
Physicists working on research for the Imperial Japanese Navy, including Hideki Yukawa, fourth from right in front row, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, third from right. (Courtesy of Masami Shinma of the Shimada Association for Modern Heritage)
Back in mid-2025, when Trump's renewed trade war with China was all the rage, we said that much of this was hot air and theatrics for the simple reason that many Chinese exporters would find easy ways to evade US tariffs thanks to "transshipments", or using intermediary countries as fake points of origin ...
Dentsu swung to a profit in January-June after a loss in the period last year, and is working on business and structural reforms aimed at restoring profitability. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
Chinese Z.ai is known for developing an AI model that defended against a cyberattack by OpenAI models. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
US and other Western multinationals were all chasing the lowest price that China offered – and willing to sacrifice jobs for easy profits
US and other Western multinationals were all chasing the lowest price that China offered – and willing to sacrifice jobs for easy profits
The Dharamshala Skyway, which was built by a unit of the Tata Group and opened in Himachal Pradesh state in 2022, has eased transport in the alpine city for commuters and visitors: The government aims to build at least 250 more lines around the country. © Reuters
Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, is the site of ongoing road construction. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
MANILA, Philippines — Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Robert Nazal is pushing for a 50-percent discount on government-issued pre-employment documents for indigent jobseekers, saying the cost of securing requirements should not keep poor Filipinos from finding work.
Water is dropped by helicopter on the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)
Latest ruling gives Shenzhen-based company hope after years-long legal battle with the US Department of Defence
MANILA, Philippines — Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co on Friday rejected calls for Filipinos to simply rely on “resilience” as communities continued to endure flooding from days of torrential rain.
MARKING a significant step in digital pathology and cancer diagnostics, Makati Medical Center (MMC) launched the first digital pathology scanner in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Echa Wao'de says trans women who were previously able to appear in public have become afraid. (Supplied)
China’s billionaire software king Wang Wenjing and his wife Sonia Yan Song have put their waterfront home in Sydney’s Mosman on the market and could double their money.
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang slams the legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte after the team filed a legal manifestation seeking oral arguments on their motion to quash her grave threats cases.
Japan is seeing particularly high sales of used older iPhones like the SE. (Source photos by Reuters)
Mohammad Rasool began noticing changes in his children’s school curriculum almost immediately after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021. At first, the changes were small, almost unnoticeable.
On August 15, 1947, India became independent under circumstances that would have tested the resolve of any nation. Independence came with the partition, displacement and immense human suffering.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday called South Korea an "indispensable partner" in joint efforts to promote prosperity in a congratulatory message to the Korean people marking the 81st anniversary of their nation's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
MANILA, Philippines — Filing a criminal case against Vice President Sara Duterte while she remains in office could “open the floodgates” to the prosecution of other impeachable officials, her lawyer warned Friday, as the defense team sought oral arguments on its client’s motion to quash the grave threats cases again…
A joint venture between Global Innovation Labs and Z Venture Capital plans to establish a fund for early-stage Japanese startups. (Source photos by Global Innovation Labs and Z Venture Capital)
Ships remained in the Strait of Hormuz in August. (Getty Images via Kyodo)
Australian drivers' switch to electric vehicles has accelerated since fuel prices started climbing due to the U.S.-Iran war. (AAP Image)
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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos said Friday that the Philippines was “making progress” on potential energy exploration with China despite ongoing tensions over their competing claims in the disputed South China Sea.
China and Egypt are set to strengthen military cooperation with a new round of joint air force exercises scheduled to take place in Egypt from mid-August through early September.
Many Japanese materials companies are drawing down rare-earth inventories to maintain deliveries to major customers. (Source photos by Masayuki Kozono and Yuki Nakao)
PLAYING with a new set of players for Gilas Pilipinas will hopefully do wonders when the Philippines defend its Asian Games gold medal in Nagoya, Japan this September.
IN 1974, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) spearheaded a Regional Seas Program. It is an effort to involve countries bordering the seas to meet the challenges of environmental degradation in the sea, coastal area and inland, and to link sustainable marine resource management and development through a leg…
THE May arrest of some 70 Chinese steel work specialists at the Philippine Sanjia Steel Corp. inside the Phividec industrial estate in Misamis Oriental was one golden opportunity China could have taken to expose the real United States machinations in the evil undertaking.
Filipino photographer, artist and storyteller Geloy Concepcion is taking his handwritten affirmations from the page to everyday clothing through Uniqlo Philippines’ “Notes to Self” Re.Uniqlo Embroidery Collection.
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LONG before China was ruled by emperors, governed from imperial capitals or recorded in written chronicles, communities in what is now northeastern China were already shaping jade, constructing ceremonial spaces, honoring ancestors and developing sophisticated ideas about society, spirituality and the natural world.
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A barber clips a client’s hair at his makeshift open-air shop in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will participate in financing gas-powered plant projects in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Texas. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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India’s ambition to transform from a developing country into a developed nation in a “golden age” marks the start of the 79th anniversary celebrations of independence from British colonial rule.
A China planeja enviar cães-robôs à Lua para auxiliar astronautas na construção e operação da futura Estação Internacional de Pesquisa Lunar (ILRS), segundo reportagem divulgada na semana passada pelo jornal South China Morning Post.