US President Joe Biden (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) looks on during the first US, Pacific Island Country Summit with leaders from over 10 countries at the State Department, in Washington, DC, USA, 29 September 2022. Photo: EPA
31 October 2022
Regional powers poured record amounts of cash into the Pacific Islands during the...
Head of delegates prepare for a meeting on the last day of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2022. Photo: EPA
19 February 2022
The world's biggest economies are committed to taking a careful approach to unwinding...
World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: AFP
12 February 2022
The head of the World Health Organization said Friday the acute phase of the pandemic...
A group of Hindu devotees carry 'Paal Kudam' (milk pots) ahead of the Thaipusam festival. (Photo: AFP)
18 January 2022
Malaysian Hindus carried offerings up hundreds of steps to a major temple Monday to mark...
Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a street before Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: EPA
20 November 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a record $490 billion stimulus for the...
This photo shows boys reacting during a mass circumcision at a covered court in Silang town, Cavite province. The Philippines has one of the highest rates of circumcision in the world, with many seeing the centuries-old practice as key for boys to enter manhood. Maria Tan / AFP
30 August 2021
For more than a year, Caspien Gruta has been teased because his circumcision -- a rite of...
Migrant workers returning from China gather at the Myanmar border gate in Muse in Shan state. Photo: AFP
20 August 2021
Tens of thousands of Myanmar migrant workers remain trapped in China and Laos long after...
Pedestrians cross a street in the shopping district of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, China. Photo: EPA
31 July 2021
Hong Kong's economy is continuing to recover, advanced figures showed Friday, albeit at a...
Photo: EPA
30 July 2021
Myanmar’s construction industry is reeling from the twin blows of the coronavirus...
Masked people pass shuttered stores on Oxford Street in London, Britain. Photo: EPA
20 February 2021
Retail sales in Britain tumbled and government borrowing soared in January after the...
Peter Ben Embarek (C-L) leaves after visiting with other members of World Health Organization (WHO) Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, in Wuhan, China, 29 January 2021. Photo: EPA
05 February 2021
World Health Organization inspectors had "very frank" discussions with Chinese scientists...
A view of buildings in New Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
30 January 2021
India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the...