U.S. Appeals Court Allows Trump White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that construction on President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project may proceed for now, providing a temporary legal victory for the administration....
North Korea Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles Toward Eastern Waters
South Korea reported that North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North's eastern waters. No further details on the trajectory or impact zone were immediately available....
AI boosting rather than displacing China's software market, says HSBC analyst
An HSBC analyst argues that AI model companies are unlikely to cannibalize China's domestic software market due to their lack of deep industry expertise. Instead, a collaborative model between AI firms and legacy softwar...
New York Met's debut Hong Kong exhibition highlights cultural diplomacy amid US-China tensions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's first-ever Hong Kong exhibition, displaying around 200 jewellery pieces spanning 4,000 years of history, is being framed as a symbol of people-to-people ties during a politically sensitiv...
Five-year-old Chinese martial arts prodigy goes viral ahead of May tournament
Huang Zijun, a five-year-old girl from Maoming in Guangdong province, has captured widespread online attention with her skilled performances of Hung Kuen, a traditional southern Chinese martial art. She is set to compete...
Japan Considers Expanding Mutual Fund Investments in Unlisted Companies
Japan is weighing regulatory changes that would allow mutual funds to allocate more capital to unlisted companies, potentially opening new avenues for private-sector investment....
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Develops AI Welding Robot to Address Shipbuilding Labor Shortage
Kawasaki Heavy Industries is developing an AI-powered robot for shipbuilding applications amid a growing shortage of skilled welders in Japan's maritime industry....
KTR Claims BRS Rally in Jagtial Will Restore Party's Past Glory
BRS leader KT Rama Rao (KTR) declared at the 'Praja Ashirwada Sabha' in Jagtial that the event would catapult the Bharat Rashtra Samithi back to its former political prominence in Telangana....
Congress Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Says BJP Will Never Understand Telangana's Self-Respect
Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar attacked the BJP, asserting that the party is incapable of understanding the self-respect and identity of the Telangana people....
Pope Criticises Trump Over U.S.-Israel War on Iran, Calls for Peace
Pope Francis, leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, publicly rebuked U.S. President Donald Trump over the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, declaring that in a world 'ravaged by a handful of tyrants,' peace is everyone's responsi...
CSIR Develops Climate-Resilient Honeybees to Keep Migratory Bees in Kashmir Year-Round
The CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine in Pulwama has pioneered a method to keep migratory honeybees in Kashmir through winter, eliminating the need for beekeepers to relocate colonies to the plains. The initi...
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into sea off east coast
North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from the eastern Sinpo area into the sea off its east coast, marking the seventh such test this year, according to Al Jazeera. No further details on the missiles' range or ...
Mass Shooting in Central Kyiv Kills 6; Gunman Shot Dead by Police
A mass shooting — described as unheard of in wartime Kyiv — erupted in a busy central district of the Ukrainian capital, leaving six people dead before police killed the gunman. The incident has shocked a city alread...
Singapore Tops APAC Cyber Resilience Rankings but Corporate Leadership Lags
A new study by Economist Impact and Telstra International ranked Singapore first overall for digital resilience across 11 Asia-Pacific markets. However, the report highlights a critical gap: Singaporean executives placed...
China Breaks Ground on $1B Hydropower Project in Cambodia Amid Energy Squeeze
Construction has begun on the Upper Tatay pumped-storage hydropower project in Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a Chinese-invested initiative valued at US$1 billion. Work started on April 10, according to Xinhua, which desc...
Jailed MP Engineer Rashid's Party Seeks Bail for Hospital Visit to Ailing Father
The party of imprisoned Kashmiri MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Engineer Rashid) has filed a bail application for him to visit his father, who has been placed on a ventilator in Srinagar. National Conference leader Farooq Abdul...
Obama Visits NYC Mayor Mamdani at Child Care Centre in First Meeting
Former US President Barack Obama met New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time at a child care centre, where the two read to preschoolers and led a singalong. The encounter comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist...
R. Vaishali wins Chess Candidates title, earns World Championship berth
Indian chess player R. Vaishali has won the Chess Candidates tournament, securing her place at the World Championship. She described winning as a 'dream moment' and reflected on the event as intensely competitive....
Punjab introduces stricter sacrilege law amid calls for tougher punishment
The Punjab state government has introduced new legislation targeting sacrilege, citing the need for stricter punishments. The law comes amid ongoing debates over religious sentiments and law enforcement in the state....
India's Maoist insurgency on the brink of collapse after security crackdowns
India's CPI (Maoist) movement has suffered severe setbacks following sustained security operations, raising questions about whether the decades-long insurgency is finally ending. Internal divisions and ideological shifts...