Japan's Nippon Steel is seeing support for its proposal to acquire U.S. Steel in the regions of the United States where steel ...

DAMASCUS: A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday (Dec 25) a burial site outside Damascus was likely ...

JERUSALEM: The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday (Dec 25) over failure to conclude a ...

TOKYO: Private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital each offered more than US$5 billion in first-round bids for the non-core ...

BEIJING: Efforts will continue in 2025 to stabilise and prevent further declines in China's real estate market, China ...

Private equity firms including KKR and Bain Capital offered from around 750 billion yen ($4.8 billion) to around 1.2 trillion ...

Australia heaved a major sigh of relief on Wednesday after skipper Pat Cummins declared run-machine Travis Head fit for the ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank expects the economy to move closer to sustainably ...

BEIJING: China approved a value-added tax law on Wednesday (Dec 25) to take effect on Jan 1, 2026, the official Xinhua said, ...

Singapore's Civil Defence Force was among the first to respond to the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The two-week ...

BEIJING: Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya raised "serious concerns" on Wednesday (Dec 25) over China's military ...

Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. More than 220,000 people across a dozen ...