Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe
Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms
2023-07-11 15:55
The dismembered body of a missing German businessman is found in the freezer of a home in Thailand
Thai police say the dismembered body of a 62-year-old German businessman who has been missing for a week has been found in the freezer of a house in southern Thailand
2023-07-11 15:50
Stock market today: Asian shares rise ahead of a US inflation update on hopes for easing rate hikes
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer prices that traders hope will show inflation is easing, reducing the need for more interest rate hikes
2023-07-11 15:22
Hong Kong will ban more products from Japan if treated wastewater is discharged, its leader says
Hong Kong leader John Lee says the city will ban marine products from “a large number prefectures” if Japan discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
2023-07-11 13:24
Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn
Amazon Prime Day is here
2023-07-11 12:22
Ukrainian minister says he fears Russia has 'no red lines' to prevent attacks on nuclear plant
Ukraine's Energy Minister says the catastrophic collapse of a dam in southern Ukraine has made Kyiv worried that Russia might stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to foment panic and quell Ukrainian advances on the frontline
2023-07-11 11:59
New Zealand prosecutor alleges tourists were not warned before volcano eruption in 2019 killed 22
A New Zealand prosecutor says tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on the country’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people
2023-07-11 09:45
Reluctant Twitter users, influencers and others are flocking to Meta's new Threads app
Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta’s freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s raucous oversight of that platform since acquiring it last year
2023-07-11 04:18
Deadly flooding hits several countries, scientists said this will be increasingly common
Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast
2023-07-11 03:27
James Lewis, suspect in Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 people in the Chicago area in 1982, dead
Police say the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area and triggered a nationwide scare has died
2023-07-11 01:20
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US
The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies
2023-07-11 00:24
Liz Weston: Saving for retirement just got more complicated
Secure 2.0 gave people several new options for workplace retirement accounts, but it forces higher-income savers to use their plans’ Roth option for catch-up contributions
2023-07-10 22:23