China’s military said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence”, calling Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-Te a “parasite”.

The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration as part of its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to sources.

US President Donald Trump is set to announce a new raft of tariffs against multiple countries as early as tonight, in what he has dubbed a "Liberation Day" to redress supposedly unfair trade imbalances

No deaths were reported but about 50 houses were affected by the blaze, the fire department said

No deaths were reported, but the full extent of the injuries or damage so far was not immediately clear. Authorities had earlier said some people were trapped in their homes

The death toll is reported to have reached 2,719, with around 4,521 people injured and more than 400 people missing

Petronas in a statement said the pipeline had been isolated

Many are still sleeping outdoors, either unable to return to ruined homes or afraid of further aftershocks

Trump has aggressively targeted prestigious universities that saw bitter protests sparked by Israel's attack on Gaza

Japan and South Korea are seeking to import semiconductor raw materials from China

World economies were jittery today ahead of US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" when he is set to unleash tariffs against multiple countries, risking global turmoil to redress what he says are unfair trade imbalances

Hamas calls on 'anyone who can bear arms' worldwide to fight Trump's Gaza plan

Eight percent of people in Switzerland, one of the richest countries in the world, were living below the official poverty line in 2023, the Federal statistics Office (BFS) said on Monday. ..One in 10 struggled to make ends meet...Poverty mainly affected single people, on

Trump earlier criticised both Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, as he pushes to end more than three years of conflict in Ukraine

The Cabinet Office's disaster management working group said up to 215,000 people would be killed by a tsunami, 73,000 by the collapse of buildings and 9,000 by fire

Her chances of standing in the 2027 election hangs in the balance

Myanmar today declared a week of national mourning for the victims of the country's devastating earthquake

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday of a forceful retaliation in case the Islamic republic is attacked by the United States

It remains unclear how and when Sharvit will formally assume leadership of the agency.

The 78-year-old billionaire has a long history of suggesting he might serve more than two terms, but Sunday's remarks -- followed by comments to reporters aboard Air Force One -- were the most concrete in terms of referring to plans in place to achieve the goal