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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allowed teachers serving as electoral board members to avail of their service incentive credits any time after the conduct of elections.
Fire trucks from fire departments across South Korea are gathered in South Gyeongsang Province after the government issued a national firefighting mobilization order to respond to the region’s worsening drought.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has found a North Korean IT worker working remotely for a US federal agency, in another case highlighting the growing reach of Pyongyang’s overseas IT worker scheme.
Hussein Chamas has been jailed for attempting to flee Australia. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
Rio Tinto said in December it may cease operations at the Tomago aluminium smelter at the end of its current electricity supply contract
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero on Wednesday urged both counsels not to let the "generational divide" heighten the situation during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has accused “socialist” school teachers of encouraging students to participate in protests against his party on Thursday, as Education Minister Jason Clare cautions children to stay in class and move their protest to the weekend.
BOSTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and directly involve the US Postal Service in election operations in a way that would limit mail voting.
Data centres will still have a future within Perth’s biggest local government area as councillors knock back a plan to ban them from being built to preserve residential amenity.
The prime minister said he understood that his cost-of-living announcements were not enough to meaningfully help people
State’s Democratic lieutenant governor bests Angie Craig in another election contest pitting a progressive against a moderate
Topic:Australian Federal Elections
A 12-part documentary on the former leader is screening nightly, with President Xi Jinping expected to lead a grand ceremony on Monday
A 12-part documentary on the former leader is screening nightly, with President Xi Jinping expected to lead a grand ceremony on Monday
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One Nation’s path to holding a significant bloc – or even the balance of power – in Victoria’s upper house has become easier, with the government passing legislation to make it harder for micro-parties and independents.
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Bank Mandiri is one of Indonesia's state-owned banks enjoying strong loan and profit growth thanks to government liquidity injections. But as the state funds are due to mature in October, the banking sector overall is bracing for tighter liquidity. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Cargo ship in flames after Houthi attack in Bab al-Mandeb strait
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first handpicked addition to Likud’s Knesset slate is Oren Dobronsky, an Israeli-born technology entrepreneur who has spent much of the past two decades in the United States. Dobronsky co-founded Hotbar, became a Silicon Valley investor, and built the California restaurant chain O…
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) plans to file a constitutional complaint against a recent legal revision abolishing prosecutors' authority to conduct direct investigations, a party official said Wednesday.
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Seoul city government to pay usage fees to the national railway authority for a public park built over a railroad.
Supporters of Zambian incumbent President and United Party for National Development (UPND) presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema attend a campaign rally on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Anita Reed)
As contenders highlight loyalty and connection to liberal icons, fight is not just over claims to their legacy, but what that legacy is
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone thanked US President Donald Trump and invoked the memory of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, as she addressed supporters on Tuesday night after advancing to the runoff in South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary.
India considers incidents along its disputed border with China “most serious” and “the state of the border affairs” will “reflect on the state of our larger bilateral ties,” the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday in response to a question about a fresh military face-off.
Thai baht notes are seen at a bank in Bangkok. Thai authorities are encouraging savings through a new government bond program. © Reuters
Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter is set to receive a major bailout package following long-running crisis negotiations with the federal and NSW governments over ways to keep the plant open and safeguard more than 1000 jobs.
Just a few months ahead of an election, the prime minister said he had the full support of his party, after calling crisis meeting to address leadership speculation
Following his Michigan Senate primary win, Republicans launched attack ads against Abdul El-Sayed. The ad opens with a narrator branding him "the most radical Senate candidate in America," shows him standing alongside left-wing streamer Hasan Piker - who once said Americans deserved 9/11 - and cuts to El-Sayed decla…
US President Donald Trump praised Sen. Darline Graham Nordone on Tuesday night after she secured a place in the runoff for the Republican nomination for her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat, while also addressing the Iranian threat against him and the extraordinary security measures taken during his recent …
Topic:Agricultural Workers
Analysts say the 2029 parliamentary bid will test whether Widodo can convert his personal popularity into lasting family influence
Analysts say the 2029 parliamentary bid will test whether Widodo can convert his personal popularity into lasting family influence
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government held a second meeting Wednesday of the 2045 Strategy Committee charged with drawing up a blueprint and strategies for what South Korea should look like in 2045 and identified 17 core tasks with the goal of announcing the final strategies by the end of the year, officials said.
CLACTON-ON-SEA — Voters seeking to re-elect Nigel Farage Thursday will have to scan past an array of comedy characters and oddballs on the longest ballot paper in British history.
Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back was set to hold a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the alumni groups of the Army, Navy and Air Force military academies and seek their support for the government's ongoing push to integrate the three academies into a single institution, the defense ministry said.
South Korea and Uzbekistan can seek stronger cooperation in a range of fields, including critical minerals, artificial intelligence, business and government, the leaders of the two nations said at the Korea-Uzbekistan Business Roundtable in Seoul on Tuesday.
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back was set to hold a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the alumni groups of the Army, Navy and Air Force military academies and seek their support for the government's ongoing push to integrate the three academies into a single institution, the defense minist…
Lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gave his best mate Jean-Claude Perrottet “kickbacks” from a Catholic Schools NSW contract he secured because he wanted his to boost his friend’s income, a corruption inquiry has heard.
The NSW government has demanded an explanation from the health watchdog over its suspension on the sale of defibrillators used in the state’s ambulances.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has avoided a leadership spill. (ABC News: Fletcher Yeung )
Former NSW building commissioner David Chandler says he would be willing to return to public life to address “absolute market failure” in the missing middle apartment sector, laying down his solution to address the state’s housing crisis by building thousands of cheaper dwellings for those who have been priced out.
Gellung Warl, which was established as part of the treaty process, says bill would erode the basic rights of people in prison
The Coalition will work with One Nation on a legally questionable attempt to ban Australian citizens linked to overseas terrorist groups from returning, as Labor sledges the parties’ cooperation on a bill they say is constitutionally unviable.
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has welcomed into its party a far-right influencer who has been filmed mixing with neo-Nazis, is close associates with figures who attended Nazi training camps, and enjoys sponsorship from an overseas bookstore selling Adolf Hitler texts.