Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown Is Visiting Beijing This Week to sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement With The World’s Second-Longest Economy in the Latest Sign of China’s Expanding Influence In the Pacific Islands Region. But the proposed pact has shaken decades -old tars Between the cook islands and newContinue Reading
Who: Jannik Sinner vs Alexander ZverevWhat: Australian Open men’s singles finalWhere: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, AustraliaWhen: Sunday, January 26 at 7:30pm (08:30 GMT)Follow Al Jazeera’s live build-up before our text and photo stream of the match. Defending champion Jannik Sinner will look to seal back-to-back Australian Open titles and denyContinue Reading
Authorities warn that heavy rain is expected to continue for several days as they search for missing people. At least 16 people have been killed and 10 injured as a landslide struck Indonesia’s Central Java province, government authorities said. The landslide in the city of Pekalongan was triggered by heavyContinue Reading
TikTok users in the United States gained partial access to the popular social media app on Sunday, just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s promised reinstatement order was expected to take effect. Earlier on Saturday, the app was taken offline after the US Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok from aContinue Reading
Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open on Saturday in the only women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions. If you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong – this wasContinue Reading
Fonseca beats ninth seed Rublev in men’s draw while Paolini, Rybakina and Raducanu advance in women’s draw on day three. Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca began his Grand Slam career in spectacular fashion as the qualifier took down Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublev 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-6(5) in the first round ofContinue Reading
Sydney, Australia – When Racheal Clayton was attending primary school in Sydney, Australia at the height of the 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis, the Australian economy was the envy of governments around the world. Unlike every other major developed economy, Australia emerged from the worst economic downturn since the Great DepressionContinue Reading
Taipei, Taiwan – Five years ago, Jane Meng traveled from her home in Shanghai to Hong Kong to get herself something special for her birthday. The 31-year-old wealthy owner of an import-export company was not looking for a watch or a designer handbag. Instead, she came for critical illness insurance.Continue Reading
a powerful earthquake has struck a remote region of Tibetkilling at least 95 people and wounding dozens, with tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and parts of northern India. Videos aired by China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed houses destroyed with the official Xinhua News Agency saying more than 1,000 houses wereContinue Reading
Prosecutors ask acting president to order security forces to comply with arrest warrant for impeached leader Yoon. Thousands of South Korean protesters for and against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol have staged rival rallies in Seoul, a day after authorities failed to execute an arrest warrant on the suspended leader overContinue Reading
