Magnitude: 5.8 SR Location: 119 km southeast of Kokopo, East New Britain province Time: 12:36 AM local on November 7 Tsunami alert: No Notes: No…
Polls opened November 5 in the Pacific nation Palau, which is voting in a presidential election dominated by cost-of-living worries, China meddling claims, and the…
Australia’s plan to re-list New Zealand government bond futures next year faces major challenges due to concerns about limited liquidity and lack of trading transparency,…
New Zealand’s central bank said the country is experiencing a pronounced economic downturn that could get worse. “Households have reduced their discretionary spending and businesses…
An area on Auckland's North Shore has re-opened after a person found two canisters of phosphorus November 5. Police said they were called to a…
North Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early November 5, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's second launch in days and just hours before Americans…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said November 5 he was "fully confident" the country would hit its economic goals this year, lauding recent stimulus measures and…
China has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the European Union’s final tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, escalating a dispute that’s…
South Korea has fined Facebook-parent Meta more than $15 million for illegally collecting sensitive user information from nearly a million people without consent and sharing…
The Philippine military opened two weeks of combat drills on November 4 that would include seizing an island in the disputed South China Sea and…
Myanmar's embattled junta chief arrived in China November 5 -- his first reported visit since leading a coup in 2021 -- but analysts say the…
A high-profile Cambodian reporter who won an international award for uncovering alleged cyber scams told AFP November 5 that he is quitting journalism, saying he…
Top carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) said November 4 it will spend more than $800 million to retrofit the cabins of its long-range Airbus A350-900 planes,…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 4 condemned a "deliberate attack" on a Hindu temple in Canada blamed by some on Sikh activists, as…
A bus in India plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine on November 4, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others, a government official…
Pakistan's central bank cut its key policy rate by a record 250 basis points to 15% on November 4, exceeding expectations, as the country bid…
Bangladesh is accelerating payment of more than $800 million it owes Adani Power ahead of a November 7 deadline set by the Indian company, which…
Sweden's government said November 4 it had blocked the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, after the country's military said they…
A Swedish court on November 5 sentenced a Swedish-Danish right-wing activist to four months in jail for inciting ethnic hatred at two 2022 protests that…
A survivor from the capsizing of a migrant boat that claimed 25 lives off the Comoros told AFP November 5 that smugglers sank the vessel…
German police on November 5 arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing extremist group that had trained for what they expected would be the collapse…
Rescuers resumed their grim search for missing bodies on November 5 as Spain reeled from a week of loss after its worst floods in decades…
Botswana's new president took office November 4, praising his predecessor for allowing a smooth regime change without "apprehension" after elections that removed his party in…
Rwanda said November 4 it will no longer register petrol-driven motorbike taxis from the new year as it seeks to transition towards electric vehicles. "The…
Kyiv said November 4 it had sentenced a woman from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk to serve 15 years behind bars on high treason…
