New regulations include a sixfold increase in the minimum capital investment from five million yen to 30 million yen.

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine urged caution, presciently predicting that a ramped-up campaign against Iran could lead its leaders to close the Strait of […]

There is a particular kind of silence that follows a war’s opening salvos — the silence of think-tank papers being quietly archived, of cable-news predictions being scrubbed from the chyron, of confident assurances that “this time it will be different” colliding with the stubborn evidence […]

The school’s vice-principal will serve as acting principal in the interim.

He is in custody in South Korea, two of his friends and his lawyer told The New York Times.

The Iranian military said early Tuesday that it shot down an American Reaper drone after the Trump administration launched what it characterized as “self-defense strikes” on southern Iran, further complicating efforts to secure a diplomatic resolution to the illegal US-Israeli war. The […]

BEIJING, May 26 – Unmarked tunnels, missing trackers and fake doors have been uncovered during an initial probe into the deadliest mining tragedy in China in over 15 years, with the government vowing to leave no stone unturned, state media reported on Tuesday.

Those with Ebola symptoms must quarantine at a designated state hospital, while those without symptoms would be required to stay at an unspecified quarantine site, the Thai health ministry said.

Travellers will be quarantined whether they have Ebola symptoms or not.

Religious intolerance and violation of religious freedom, fueled by hardline groups, are now common, reports say

May 26 – India’s position as the fifth-largest global market by capitalisation is under threat as Taiwan closes in on the South Asian nation’s spot, powered largely by the rapid rise of chip-making major Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

The two suspects were of Samoan nationality.

The authorities will impose fines of up to $420.

All the people killed and injured were senior city public works officials and a private sector expert conducting the inspection, a fire official said.

According to Starbucks Korea, the refund period will run from June 1 to 14.

NEW DELHI, May 26 – One of India’s most exclusive private clubs founded during British colonial rule risks closure after the government ordered it to vacate the prime New Delhi site it has occupied for more than a century, triggering a legal battle and debate over elite privilege.

The increasingly public spat between PAS and Bersatu is pushing their relationship to the brink, but Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim may be facing bigger problems within his ruling coalition, say observers.

DeepX previously worked on AI chips used in delivery robots and facial recognition systems through partnership with companies including Hyundai and Advantech.

In recent weeks, the back-to-back state visits to Beijing by Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have put China in the global spotlight. For some international analysts, the summits showcased China as a “stabilising force capable of hosting two major rivals within […]

The firm said it will focus on companies at the commercialisation stage rather than the early research phase.

Token Pay is for AI model companies that need global subscription payments, token top-ups in AI agents, and related transaction services.

Start-up founders are warning that capital gains reforms could cause unintended fallout and push investment overseas.

Fairdeal said the funding will be used to expand its dark-store network, last-mile delivery, and technology and data systems.

Experts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team from a Thai cave joined rescue efforts on Monday to extract the seven people, Laotian state media said.

Occupant safety in a collision may not be guaranteed when the seats are semi-reclined.

Bangladesh’s possible purchase of the JF-17 is turning a routine fighter jet buy into a dangerous new flashpoint in the escalating India-China-Pakistan power struggle. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Bangladesh could heighten security tensions with India by acquiring […]

The company said the software lets professionals and small and medium-sized businesses run AI models.

Authorities also seized about RM103,070 (US$26,000) worth of illicit drugs, including MDMA, ecstasy pills and powder, and ketamine, narcotics investigations department director Hussein Omar Khan said in a statement late Monday (May 25).

Which investors are writing the most checks to Israel-based startups?