New Zealand's economy posted better-than-expected growth of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2021, official data showed Thursday, with analysts saying activity was back at pre-coronavirus levels. The expansion in January-March this year exceeded...

Following the completion of its internal investigations into the racist and Islamophobic conduct of lecturer Tan Boon Lee, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) on Thursday (17 June) said that it is in the process of terminating...

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFA Academy), in collaboration with mm2 Entertainment (mm2), Cathay Cineplexes, with the financial support of Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) and Film Development Fund (FDF), as well as the Hong Kong...

Most of the imported COVID-19 cases from Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the past five months were Indian nationals, with 69.89 per cent and 50.85 per cent of the cases entering Singapore...

Japan plans to lift Tokyo's virus emergency on June 20, a month before the Olympics, the government announced Thursday as reports said only 10,000 spectators would be allowed at Games events. Tokyo and several other...

The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio launched on a...

Environmental campaigners on Wednesday launched a legal case against the French premier and four ministers for failing to act against climate change, part of a wave of litigation on the issue. Pierre Larrouturou, a member...

Burner phones, safehouses, sheltering with rebels and months away from loved ones -- Myanmar anti-coup activists have been driven underground by a brutal crackdown but have no regrets about choosing life on the run. Myanmar...

Facebook scientists on Wednesday said they developed artificial intelligence software to not only identify "deepfake" images but to figure out where they came from. Deepfakes are photos, videos or audio clips altered using artificial intelligence...