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July 11, 2025 2:42 PM

China’s GDP growth set to slow, raising pressure on policymakers

China's economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year as trade tensions with the United States added to deflationary pressures, reinforcing expectations that Beijing may need to roll out more stimulus. ...

July 11, 2025 9:45 PM

Rubio meets China’s Wang amid trade tensions, says good chance of Trump-Xi talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday he had "positive and constructive" talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as the two major powers vied to push their agendas in Asia at a time of tension over Washington's tariff offensive. T...

July 11, 2025 1:25 PM

Security, trade in focus as Australia PM Albanese heads to China

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for Shanghai on Saturday on an official visit to China where regional security tensions and efforts to grow economic ties are likely to dominate talks. Australia's exports to China, its largest tradi...

July 10, 2025 5:18 PM

Dubai to debut restaurant operated by an AI chef

In Dubai, your dinner might soon come with a side of source code. WOOHOO, a restaurant that bills itself as "dining in the future", is set to open in September in central Dubai, a stone's throw from the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. F...

July 10, 2025 5:21 PM

Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog to drop ‘double standards’

Iran's president said on Thursday the U.N. nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported. President Masoud Pezeshkian last w...

July 10, 2025 3:35 PM

Rivers in southwest China breach warning levels, with thousands evacuated

The levels of 25 rivers in southwestern China exceeded safe levels on Thursday, state media said, after more than 10,000 people were evacuated as the remnants of former typhoon Danas converged with East Asian monsoon rains. Extreme rainfall and seve...

July 10, 2025 11:23 AM

Tibetan glacial lake drainage triggered deadly flood in Nepal, climate body says

The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China, a regional climate monitoring body said o...

July 10, 2025 5:24 PM

Israel says missile launched from Yemen was intercepted

Yemen's Houthi militant group said on Thursday they had attacked Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv area with a ballistic missile, while the Israeli military said the missile from Yemen was intercepted after air raid sirens were triggered in s...

July 10, 2025 12:59 PM

South Korea ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol returns to jail as court grants warrant

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was back in a solitary jail cell on Thursday with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to impose martial law last year. The Seoul Central Dis...

July 9, 2025 3:37 PM

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls. The ICC said there were r...

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