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Japan, China accuse each other of airspace violations near disputed islands

In response to the airspace intrusion, Japan's Self-Defence Force scrambled fighter jets, the Defence Ministry said.

Who is Greg Abel, Warren Buffett's chosen heir at Berkshire Hathaway?

Greg Abel, a Canadian executive with deep roots in energy and a long tenure at Berkshire, is set to succeed Warren Buffett as CEO of the conglomerate in 2025

US slams China's unfair trade practices as 28 textile plants shut down

In 2024, the United States imported $79.3 billion worth of apparel, with 21 per cent of that coming from China

Re-elected Australian PM Albanese says voters chose unity over division

Labour held 78 seats in the previous Parliament, and gaining seats in a second term is rare in Australian politics

Trump backlash helps Australia's PM secure historic re-election win

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to win the largest victory for his center-left Labor Party since 1946, both in terms of two-party preferred and overall seat count

Voters approve Musk's plan to establish Starbase as his own city in Texas

By a margin of 173 to 4, residents of the far-flung community surrounding SpaceX's rocket-launch site and headquarters voted resoundingly in favour of the incorporation effort

Fed's Powell set to defy Trump pressure, likely to hold rates steady

With their eye on inflation, officials are inclined to hold rates steady when they meet in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday

Google can train search AI on web content even if publishers opt out

Publishers can only decline having their data used in search AI if they opt out of being indexed for search, Google clarified

Opec+ agrees to accelerate oil output hike for June despite weak demand

Oil prices fell to a four-year low in April below $60 per barrel after Opec+announced a bigger-than-expected production boost for May

'US fiscal policy scares me': Buffett as he hands over Berkshire to Abel

Buffett said during the meeting he was concerned about the US deficit and thought the United States faced problems that need to be solved, including bureaucracy

China's early Q2 dividend payouts to help ease Yuan's price swings

The payments, which require the firms to convert yuan into Hong Kong dollars, are set to rise to $36.1 billion for the April-to-June period

Warren Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

Greg Abel, the vice chairman for non-insurance operations, will take charge of the conglomerate upon board approval, Buffett, 94, said Saturday at the company's annual shareholder meeting

Death toll from oil tanker blast in Pak's Balochistan rises to eight

The Balochistan government had 24 critically wounded patients airlifted to Karachi on April 29 via Edhi Air Ambulance for specialised treatment in Karachi

PM Wong's PAP wins two-third majority in Singapore general election

The opposition Workers' Party has won six seats and is leading in four seats. As results are coming in, the PAP is leading in the rest of the seats.

Russian drone strikes in Kharkiv injure 47, Zelenskyy seeks support

Meanwhile, Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 170 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry said eight cruise missiles and three guided missiles were also intercepted

Trump calls opponents 'communists,' evoking charged echoes of US history

All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody who is going to destroy our country, he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club in August

Islamabad calls India's IMF loan review push 'politically motivated'

The Express Tribune said Saturday quoting officials that India's attempt to involve the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an extension of its political campaign to isolate Pakistan diplomatically

Russia downs 170 drones, 8 Western-supplied missiles over and around Crimea

In the early hours on Saturday, 14 Ukrainian naval drones were destroyed in the Black Sea, the Russian ministry said

South Korea's conservative party names Kim Moon Soo as presidential pick

In a party primary that ended Saturday, Kim won 56.5 per cent of the votes cast, beating his sole competitor, Han Dong-hun, the party said in a televised announcement

UN judge gets 6-year sentence in UK for holding Ugandan woman as slave

A United Nations judge studying at Oxford has been sentenced in the UK for keeping a Ugandan woman as an unpaid domestic worker in her home