17+ hour, 37+ min ago   (642+ words) SYDNEY: Share markets slid in Asia on Monday (Sep 14) as supply concerns caused oil prices to spike anew, while investors braced for possible interest rate hikes in both the United States and Japan this week. Brent climbed 3 per cent as…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (63+ words) CNA Search underway for 140 people after Indonesian ferry reported missing We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be. To continue, upgrade to…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (794+ words) An area roughly a third of Hong Kong including villages, natural wetlands and farmland is being converted into the "Northern Metropolis", an ambitious project aimed at deepening integration with mainland China. HONG KONG: Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (615+ words) SAPTARI, Nepal: For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West pipeline after it was attacked by drones, calling it "a precautionary measure". CAIRO: Saudi Arabia said on Friday (Sep 12) it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (222+ words) CORON, the Philippines: The bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of Coron, Palawan, on Saturday (Sep 12) morning, as the country's coast guard warned t...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (518+ words) The fire that tore through the ferry on Wednesday evening killed at least five people and left 84 missing. PALAWAN, the Philippines: A deadly blaze that swept through a Philippine ferry happened "in seconds", the coast guard said on Friday (Sep…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (35+ words) JAKARTA: Respiratory infections caused by hazardous wildfire pollution in Indonesia have more than doubled in just over a week, data from the country's health ministry showed on Thursday (Sep 10).Fires have b...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (569+ words) An influx of newcomers into some of the Malaysian capital’s most sought-after neighbourhoods is boosting commercial activity and changing the retail landscape. Korean-owned businesses line the streets in the upscale neighbourhood of Solaris Mont Kiara in Kuala Lumpur. (Image: CNA)…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1637+ words) Taking effect on Sep 15, China’s new exit-entry rules largely put existing practices into writing - but they also give authorities greater powers to intervene in sensitive cross-border movements, analysts say. SHANGHAI: Fu Tianhui, 74, is heading for the highest paved border crossing…...