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China-Taiwan friction clouds Pacific summit

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

Australia said Tuesday the Pacific bloc will decide for itself who attends its annual summit, after China raised objections to Taiwan's presence on the sideline...

Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week's deadly Himalayan flood was "not an ordinary" event but driven by climate change, as he demanded internation...

China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including do...

Nepal's wall of missing offers last hope after Himalayan flood

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

In Nepal's capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after Wednesday's devastating floods post photographs on a wall, clinging to a final, ...

Nepal says death toll rises to 987, bringing total killed past 1,000

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1...

Iran president urges return to truce, hails Russian support

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any US move to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, warning that diplomatic efforts cou...

AI startup Manus says resumes independent operations

Sep 01, 2026 (AFP)

AI startup Manus said Tuesday it had resumed independent operations, months after China blocked Facebook-owner Meta from buying the Chinese-developed, Singapore...

China's Xi and Iran's Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan, Putin expected

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

China's Xi Jinping and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian were in Kyrgyzstan for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, with Russia's Vladimir Put...

The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

At least 4,471 people were listed as missing on Monday, with a further 955 confirmed dead, after the flash floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border...

At least five leaders skip annual Pacific Islands summit

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

At least five leaders will skip the Pacific Island region's annual summit, officials said Monday, hours before the opening of talks overshadowed by Taiwan-China...

Shein valued at $26.3 bn in Hong Kong market debut

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Fast-fashion giant Shein raised $1.7 billion in its long-awaited Hong Kong initial public offering, valuing the online retailer at around $26.3 billion, the com...

Putin, Xi hold talks in Kyrgyzstan as regional summit begins

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping began talks Monday in Kyrgyzstan, where a dozen other heads of state also gathered for a two-day summit of the Sh...

Putin, Xi, Iran's Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan for summit

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

The leaders of Russia, China, Turkey, India and Iran were in Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which seeks ...

Pacific Islands summit opens in shadow of China-Taiwan tensions

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

The Pacific Islands' annual summit opened on Monday with a pointed message that outside partners "do not choose our destination", as five leaders skipped the ta...

Russia's Putin and China's Xi to attend summit in Kyrgyzstan

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping and more than a dozen other leaders will gather in Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperatio...

Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Rescuers struggled on Monday through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 4,500 since tsunami-like glacial floods ro...

Chinese guitar capital's stairway to export heaven

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

It doesn't take long to guess the main industry of the Chinese town of Zheng'an. A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn wall...

Nepal flood death toll rises to 903, missing 4,247: disaster authority

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Devastating floods near the border with China have killed at least 903 people in Nepal, while the number of missing in the country has soared to 4,247, its disa...

China penalises 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Chinese authorities penalised 10 people accused of spreading misinformation online about a deadly mudslide along the Nepal border, police said Monday, as rescue...

Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster

Aug 31, 2026 (AFP)

Rescuers struggled Monday through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 5,000 since tsunami-like glacial floods roare...