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(Reuters) - On Thursday night, Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing stood astride a jeep, touring columns of saluting soldiers as fighter jets shot flares and helicopters buzzed overhead in an annual display of military might in the capital, Naypyitaw.
SINGAPORE: Passengers aboard Singapore Airlines (SIA) or Scoot flights will not be allowed to use power banks to charge their personal devices from April 1.
HANOI: Vietnam has lowered its power-production targets for gas and offshore wind this decade, with coal and other renewables expected to fill the gap until nuclear reactors are included to the energy mix by 2035, a draft industry ministry document showed.
Google has unveiled two new versions of its AI system, Gemini, which are intended to lay the foundation for a new generation of robots that can perform helpful everyday tasks at home.
Vietnam expects to sign pacts with the United States this week after its trade minister meets US trade and energy officials, according to a government document.
After reaching a peak in 2021, when Paloma Elsesser became the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of 'US Vogue', body diversity has taken a clear downward trajectory in the fashion industry.
WHAT if success wasn't measured by personal accomplishments, but by the lives we touch?
MANILA (Reuters) - Senate candidates backed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr look set to dominate May midterm elections, with a new poll showing them taking three-quarters of available seats, despite attempts to discredit the government over the arrest of former leader Rodrigo Duterte.
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords with the aim of reaching a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow defended its decision to shut down operations at Europe's busiest airport last Friday as the blame game intensified over an 18-hour closure which cost airlines tens of millions of pounds and stranded thousands of passengers.
America and China are 'reinforcing their leadership' in robotics, allowing them to shape the future of automation, new study finds
Amid a surge in AI adoption in China, the company is budgeting a 28 per cent increase in capital expenses for computing power this year
South-east Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 65km from the capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption. It has never produced a single watt of energy.
BERLIN: Global renewable energy capacity registered record growth in 2024 but progress is still falling short of the 2030 renewable capacity target, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed on Wednesday.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 26, 2025)
Heathrow airport was completely shut down on Friday after a power outage due to a fire at a London electricity substation, causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights from Europe's busiest air hub.
PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
DAVOS: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said there is no "pressing need” for Malaysia to adopt nuclear power as the country still sees much potential in solar power and the Asean Power Grid (APG).
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's approval fell to its lowest level since the 2022 election, while more voters for the first time expected the conservative opposition coalition to win the next election due by May, a widely watched poll showed.
SEOUL (Reuters) -When South Korea's Constitutional Court rules on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, expected in coming days, few will be watching more closely - or be watched more closely for possible rabble-rousing - than the country's activist pro-Yoon churches.
