10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (249+ words) Genta Koja, the candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won Sunday's gubernatorial election in Okinawa prefecture, public broadcaster NHK reported. The election, widely described by Japanese media as a contest between "conservative and reformist…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (481+ words) The far-right party's resounding victory in a recent German state election reflects a broader rightward drift across Germany and Europe, experts said. With crucial elections looming in major European nations next year, the continued rise of such parties is poised…...

12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (252+ words) STOCKHOLM – Sweden's center-left opposition bloc held a narrow lead in the country's parliamentary election Sunday, according to preliminary results. With tallies reported from 93 percent of voting districts early Monday, the opposition bloc was projected to secure 176 seats in the 349-seat…...

23+ hour, 4+ min ago   (727+ words) chinadailyasia.com Lately, quite a few commentators have urged the HKSAR government to increase the size of housing units in Hong Kong, particularly Public Rental Housing (PRH) and Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) housing. This sounds great. Yet its unintended consequences…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (434+ words) SANAA/RIYADH – Yemen's Houthi group said Saturday that international shipping through the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait remained near normal even as intense ground fighting raged along its shores. In a statement released through Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group said 73 international…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (376+ words) UNITED NATIONS – A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for the political settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomacy. Repeated hostilities in the Middle East have caused serious harm and losses to the peoples of countries in the region, including…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (197+ words) SINGAPORE — Singapore is open to considering pharmacological anti-androgen treatment, or chemical castration, as an additional measure to curb sexual crimes, although evidence of its effectiveness in reducing crime remains inconclusive, Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam said on Tuesday. Responding…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (575+ words) A yellow-breasted bunting fitted with a tracking device at Hong Kong’s Mai Po Nature Reserve recently gave conservation staff an unexpected thrill–the tiny bird flew north in search of food and then returned to Hong Kong “heavier and bigger…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (395+ words) KYIV/MOSCOW – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that talks with US envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were "very substantive". The two sides discussed resuming negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, security and economic guarantees for Ukraine, and a winter…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (290+ words) China has called on members of the Group of 20 to uphold free trade, promote economic globalization that is universally beneficial and inclusive, and create a favorable policy environment for international trade and capital flows, according to the Ministry of Finance....