VIETNAM — A video of an AirAsia flight attendant passionately singing Perfect by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran to entertain passengers on a flight has gone viral on TikTok, leaving netizens in stitches.
The 58-second clip, uploaded by user “_ashwebster” on July 4, has garnered at least 772,200 views and 930...
TOKYO — Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki's highly-anticipated film – his first feature in a decade and probably his last – was released in Japan on Friday (July 14).
The 82-year-old Mr Miyazaki, co-founder of the celebrated anime house Ghibli, came out of retirement to make "How Do You Live?"
It was...
LONDON — The sweetener aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday (July 14).
The rulings are the outcome of two separate WHO expert panels, one of which flags whether there is...
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday (July 14) said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) cannot become a proxy for other countries, as US-China tensions rise over issues in the Asia-Pacific.
Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have gathered in Jakarta for talks about regional issues...
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday (July 14) that he held a virtual meeting with tycoon Elon Musk on electric car maker Tesla's foray into his country, as well as supplies of low-cost internet services.
Mr Anwar, who is also finance minister, said Tesla would...
TOKYO — A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday (July 14), an official said, in the latest blow to the country's space agency.
The Epsilon S – an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October – blew up "roughly 50 seconds after...
Washington: Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar said that India and US need to work strongly together to challenge the aggression from China.
The Indian-American congressman said that India and US need to strongly stand against China’s military and economic aggression.
“I have a lot of respect for India and tremendous accomplishment India...
A China-based hacking group intent on conducting espionage breached a series of email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe, according to Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft said the group that it identified as Storm-0558 was able to remain undetected for a month after gaining access to email data from around...
This was meant to be the year China’s economy, unshackled from the world’s strictest Covid-19 controls, roared back to help power global growth. Instead, it’s facing a confluence of problems: Sluggish consumer spending, a shaky property market, flagging exports amid a US drive for “de-risking,” record youth unemployment and...
Taking a shot at the architects behind the European Union’s new climate policy, a Chinese central banker says the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) functions as a “new tariff barrier” that violates economic principles.
The CBAM, which will enter into effect in October, is designed to prevent “carbon leakage”,...
