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Watch SpaceX attempt a historic Starship launch and double-catch landing today (Nov. 13)

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on an unprecedented double-catch mission today (Nov. 13), and you can wat...

FM Cho heads to China for talks with Wang Yi on bilateral ties, prospects for NK-US dialogue

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun departed for China on Friday for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on bilateral rel...

Russia loses almost half a million lives in Ukraine war

Data from statistical agency points to vast toll of progress by Moscow’s forces on a few small fronts

Surging British tech sector helps drive UK economy

Growing adoption of AI believed to be supporting growth, stoking optimism that there could be improvements ahead

Where is Europe’s AI boom?

Squint, and it’s showing up in the data

How Israel lost America

An alliance that helped define the modern Middle East has reached crisis point

The Alpine crypto ‘wonderland’ forging close ties with Tether

Lugano bets digital assets and a joint venture with the stablecoin giant can boost its economy, but some warn of dangers

Russia-China-US meeting should take mutual concerns into account — Chinese newspaper

International media closely follow news about the potential meeting, the newspaper said

Swiss defence groups caught by law designed to stop mercenaries

Blackwater-era restrictions cause uncertainty for defence tech companies based in Switzerland

The Case for a Trump-Xi-Putin Summit

In just a few days’ time, U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin c...

The World’s Last Chance for Peace

How to avert a new world war.

Iran says it struck U.S. military radar in Bahrain

The IRGC says the strait is closed, while the U.S. Navy claims that it has opened a southern route for commercial vessel...

Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Leader Opens Way for Third Term Under New Constitution

[RFI] DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has enacted a law that paves the way for constitutional change, condemned by t...

Lee to hold bilateral talks with Thai, Philippine leaders at ASEAN summit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold bilateral meetings with his Thai and Philippine counterparts next week on...

Court issues arrest warrant vs Quiboloy, others over US extradition request

Quiboloy and two others have been on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most wanted list since 2022

Top national security advisor warned of Microsoft risks months ago

Months before today’s Microsoft outage, Australia's top national security advisor warned the government about the countr...

Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Proposes $24.9 Billion for NASA in FY2027

The Senate Appropriations Committee released five more FY2027 bills this evening, including the Commerce-Justice-Science...

South Korea says Google has removed Korean coordinates from maps under export permit

SEOUL, Nov 13 - South Korea's government said on Friday that Google has removed latitude and longitude coordinates for S...

N. Korea changes national flag's aspect ratio for 1st time since 1948

North Korea has revised its constitution to change its national flag's aspect ratio for the first time since its regime ...

UNRWA funding cuts deepen hardship for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Funding cuts and Israel's war have left Palestinians in Lebanon in increasingly dire circumstances.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify before Congress on Nvidia: US media

U.S. lawmakers have called for clarity on what the administration of President Donald Trump knew about Nvidia chief Jens...

Binance says all asset losses from N. Korea-linked cyberattack covered

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance said Thursday it has completed covering assets affected by a massive cyberattack ...

Iranophobia: Netanyahu’s bid to transform fear into political survival

Despite knowing a war with Iran would be manufactured for Netanyahu's survival, many would still rally behind it.

US service member accused of attempting to spy for Russia identified, media reports

A U.S. Army officer who was arrested in England for allegedly attempting to pass sensitive information to Russia was ide...

11 killed as vehicle plunges into river in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

FEATURE: Japan's soon-to-retire destroyers bound for new life under Philippine Navy

Docked at a picturesque but strategically important port on the Sea of Japan, the Sendai destroyer has spent over 30 yea...

North Korea’s top diplomat denounces G7 for demanding denuclearization

North Korea’s top diplomat has denounced a G7 foreign minister’s statement reaffirming the goal of complete denucleariza...

Jensen Huang Saga Tests AI Trade Ahead of Anthropic IPO

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloom...

Xi Jinping to chair meeting of APEC leaders — foreign ministry

Chinese President will deliver a keynote speech

Kia to invest $2b in India to ramp up production

South Korean automaker Kia Corp. said Friday it plans to invest $2 billion in a second manufacturing plant in India to e...

Korea's top brokerages see combined Q3 profit plunge 80%

South Korea's top brokerage firms saw their earnings boom cool sharply in the third quarter, as sluggish stock trading, ...

Thailand Seeks Access to Myanmar Mines Linked to River Pollution

Thailand plans to send a minister to Myanmar to investigate suspected mining sites blamed for contaminating rivers that ...

Import prices fall again in Oct. on stronger S. Korean won, lower oil prices

Import prices fell again in October driven by a stronger South Korean won and lower oil prices, central bank data showed...

Democracy corrects itself; Xi’s China can’t

Last week’s US midterm election furnished us with yet another example of the redemptive power of democracy. It’s a remin...

US Justice Department has not concluded Alice Huang was Chinese spy

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said ​on Thursday that the Justice Department has not yet reached a ‌conclusion on wh...

Starship Flight 15 to attempt first catch of both stages

After 14 full-stack flights, SpaceX is set to attempt something no one in spaceflight history… The post Starship Flight ...

US envoys shuttle between Putin and Zelenskyy

US envoys Witkoff and Kushner have shuttled between Dublin and Moscow in efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal.

China stages unannounced Pacific drills in 'silent intimidation' of Taiwan, officials say

TAIPEI, Nov 13 - China carried out a large, unannounced military exercise across the western Pacific and around Taiwan i...

Pakistan calls for ‘immediate’ end to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as UNSC renews Yemen sanctions

WASHINGTON: Pakistan called for the “immediate and unconditional” cessation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Thursda...

China Policy Bank Bonds Suffer Selloff as Tax Worries Hit Market

Concern over a potential tax on Chinese government bonds is spilling over to major policy banks, pushing up their borrow...