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As more Chinese youth live alone, new app bluntly asks: 'Are you dead?'

Today, China has over 100 million households with only one person, according to an annual report from the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2024

US imposes sanctions on Iranian officials accused of protest crackdown

The sanctions also affect 18 people and companies involved in a shadow banking network linked to Iranian financial institutions

TSMC to boost capital spending as quarterly profit jumps 35% on AI boom

TSMC said Thursday that its revenue in the last quarter increased 21 per cent from a year earlier to more than 1.046 trillion new Taiwan dollars ($33 billion)

Trump to meet Venezuelan Oppn leader after cozying up to Maduro's successor

The meeting comes as Trump and his senior advisers signal readiness to work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who remains in charge of day-to-day government operations after Maduro's removal

Japan, Philippines sign new defence pact as they face China aggression

Japanese and Philippine officials are still negotiating another agreement that aims to boost the security of highly confidential defense and military information the countries could share

'Fundamental disagreement' over Greenland after US talks: Danish official

Denmark has announced plans to boost the country's military presence in the Arctic and North Atlantic as Trump tries to justify his calls for a US takeover of the vast territory

FBI searches journalist's home as part of classified documents probe

While classified documents investigations aren't unusual, the search of a reporter's home marks an escalation in the government's efforts to crack down on leaks

Construction accident in Thailand a day after crane crashed on train

There was no immediate official confirmation of deaths in Thursday's accident, but the Facebook page of Fire & Rescue Thailand, said at least one person was killed

Trump admin slashes $2 bn funding for substance abuse, mental health

SAMHSA, a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, notified grant recipients that their funding would be cancelled effective immediately in emailed letters on Tuesday evening

Nasa sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical evacuation from ISS

Nasa said it would stick to the same entry and splashdown procedures at flight's end, with the usual assortment of medical experts aboard the recovery ship in the Pacific

US officer shoots person in leg during Minneapolis arrest after attack

After officers reached the person, two other people arrived from a nearby apartment and all three started attacking the officer, according to DHS

Asian shares slide, oil sinks $2 after Trump says Iran stopped killings

US benchmark crude fell $2, or 3.3 per cent, to $59.88 per barrel; Brent crude, the international standard, shed $2.12, or 3.2 per cent, to $64.40 per barrel

Iran signals fast trials, executions; warns US, Israel against action

Human Rights Activists News Agency said 2,615 of the dead were protesters and 153 were government-affiliated; 13 children were killed, along with 14 civilians it said were not taking part in protests

Ukraine defence minister says 200,000 deserted as 2 million dodged draft

He said the military had faced some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by around 2 million people

EV boom drives 21% surge in China car exports, but domestic demand slows

Chinese car exports are expected to continue to grow this year, as its automakers maneuver against an intensifying price war at home as demand weakened

Iran signals fast trials, executions for protesters despite Trump warning

Trump repeatedly has warned that the United States may take military action over the killing of peaceful protesters, just months after it bombed Iranian nuclear sites

Dozens feared dead as ferry sinks on Niger River in northern Mali

The boat was carrying families and farmers who had just harvested rice, witnesses said, arriving after nightfall when docking is banned due to security measures

Iran aired nearly 100 coerced confessions from protesters, say activists

Activists say they are coerced confessions, long a staple of Iran's hard-line state television, the only broadcaster in the country. And these videos are coming at an unprecedented clip

US SC likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports

The justices are evaluating claims of sex discrimination lodged by transgender people versus the need for fair competition for women and girls, the main argument made by the states

Popular weight-loss drugs shouldn't carry suicide warnings, FDA says

Labeling for other drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists approved to treat diabetes carried no such warnings, the agency noted