Two right-wing rivals for the Honduras presidency have found themselves in a "technical tie" following a preliminary vote count, the country's electoral council said Monday. The body will now begin a manual count to determine the winner.  A businessman who has US President Donald Trump's backi»»»

Hong Kong officials revealed Monday that fire-safety standards were violated in a deadly blaze that claimed at least 151 lives, with renovation netting failing to meet required safety codes. The incident has sparked widespread public outrage, fueling calls for accountability as authorities face gro»»»

South Korea's close ties to China were evident at the recent APEC summit, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping held positive talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae-myung during a three-day state visit. But many ordinary South Koreans feel differently. Mistrust of China is on the rise, fuelled b»»»

With the launch of ChatGPT three years ago to the day, it looked like America had won the next major technology race before it had even started. But the landscape has since shifted dramatically. China is overtaking the United States in open-source models, Europe is walking back its regulatory ambit»»»

In a spotless, hushed factory near Hamburg in northern Germany, industrial robots stand ready to assemble the components of electrolysers. These devices split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The ones manufactured by Quest One use proton exchange membranes to accomplish this. The robotic arms crafti»»»

China has urged Chinese companies and workers to urgently evacuate parts of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan where five Chinese nationals have been killed and five injured in armed cross-border attacks in the past week. The attacks, with the first involving a drone that Tajik security officials sai»»»

A China Eastern Airbus A320 arrives at Beijing's international airport on April 10, 2019. Airbus A320 planes were grounded to fix a softweatre glitch. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Airbus' stock shares declined on Monday after the European aerospace manufacturer a»»»

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing visa-free entry to Russia for Chinese citizens, granting them stays of up to 30 days. The move mirrors Beijing’s recent decision to extend the same visa-free access to Russian citizens. In September, China introduced the measure on a one-year tr»»»

A delegation of representatives of Chinese high-tech companies visited Vidin on Monday to present their activities and potential for cooperation. Vidin Mayor Tsvetan Tsenkov said that the interest in Vidin Region is not small. "Let's hope that processes related to the industrialization of the city »»»

TechnologyGermanyGermany's industrial titans embrace the AI ageNik MartinSiemens, BASF and VW have poured billions into AI to expand virtual factories, robot fleets and smart data centers. Catching up with the US and China will be a brutal feat, with thousands of jobs on the line. https://p.dw.com/»»»

The Eurozone’s manufacturing sector saw little change in November, with final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data pointing to continued stagnation across the bloc’s industrial base, Oxford Economics reported on November 28. The final Eurozone manufacturing PMI was revised slightly down to 49.6, f»»»

The Eurozone’s manufacturing sector saw little change in November, with final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data pointing to continued stagnation across the bloc’s industrial base, Oxford Economics reported on November 28. The final Eurozone manufacturing PMI was revised slightly down to 49.6, f»»»

Dubai: Oman is planning to grant Filipino nationals visa-free entry for up to two weeks from 2026, a move expected to boost tourism and strengthen bilateral ties, the Omani Ambassador to Manila said. The announcement was made during celebrations of Oman’s National Day in Makati City in the Philippi»»»

Hong Kong authorities pressed ahead on Monday with combing the remaining apartment towers destroyed by a massive fire at a housing estate that killed at least 146 people and displaced hundreds now adjusting to life in temporary housing. Police have completed sweeps of four of the seven towers that »»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB has successfully become the first Bank in GCC to enable Weixin e-Commerce acceptance, through a successful collaboration with Darwish Holding and NETSTARS. This ground-breaking initiative enables QNB’s e-commerce merchants to offer Weixin Pay (Weixin known internationally as WeChat»»»

Doha, Qatar: Rawabi Hypermarket Izghawa celebrates its 1000th day of operations with a three-day mega promotion running from November 30 to December 2, 2025. The milestone marks the store’s strong and growing presence in the Izghawa community since its opening on 2 March 2023. Spread across 120,000»»»

The abrupt cancellations of several Japanese music events in Shanghai - one of them midway through a song - have sparked criticism among fans, with some calling the moves "rude" and "extreme". Maki Otsuki was halfway through the theme of hit anime One Piece on Friday when the lights and music went »»»

South Korea's largest online retailer, Coupang, has apologised for a massive data breach potentially involving nearly 34 million local customer accounts. The country's internet authority said that it is investigating the breach and that details from the millions of accounts have likely been exposed»»»

The spike in healthcare cost of diabetes has hit $1 trillion across the world, the latest Diabetes Atlas estimate reported. This poses a growing an multi-faceted challenge to multiple countries going forward. The report, published in August 2025 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) stated»»»

The massive truck snarl-ups that have plagued the Russian-Kazakh border for several weeks are due to a crackdown by Russia on illegal imports, according to information provided by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, state-owned Russian news agency T»»»

One of recent history’s most enduring lessons is that great, generational alliances are seldom built on handshakes alone. They survive when they are lifted from the personal to the permanent, and when they are placed above those shaking hands. For years, Saudi Arabia has made this argument in Washi»»»

A hot wind rolled in from the Mediterranean on 19 November. A few metres from the coast, a 330-tonne pressure vessel manufactured in St. Petersburg was being lowered into one of the four units of Egypt’s first nuclear power station in the north-west town of Al-Dabaa. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah»»»

Saudi Arabia and the United States, along with several companies and institutions from both nations, signed a series of agreements and memoranda of understanding during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington on 18–19 November 2025. The visit featured a meeting between the crown prin»»»

Hondurans are casting their ballots in a general election that is being dominated by threats from US President Donald Trump. There are five presidential candidates on the bill, but the poll is essentially being seen as a three-way race between former defence minister Rixi Moncada of the leftist Lib»»»

Egypt has proposed establishing a commercial corridor linking the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) with Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Sunday, as Cairo seeks to expand its logistics footprint in South Asia. During a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister and Foreign»»»

Hong Kong: Not long before he was reportedly detained, Miles Kwan approached commuters outside a Hong Kong train station, urging them to demand accountability for the deadly inferno that tore through nearby apartment blocks. "We all feel unhappy that (Hong Kong) has come to this and we want things »»»

Saudi Arabia ranked third globally in leading artificial intelligence models and in the hiring rates of AI-related jobs, according to the 2025 AI Index by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). The Kingdom follows the United States and China in language model leadershi»»»

At least 146 people are known to have died in a devastating fire that tore through multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. Police announced the death toll in a news conference on Sunday, cautioning that they "cannot rule out the possibility of further fatalities". A further 79 are injured and 15»»»

China's factory activity shrank for an eighth month in November while services cooled, highlighting the dilemma facing policymakers over whether to press ahead with tough structural reforms or roll out more stimulus to lift domestic demand. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to 49.2 »»»

On Nov. 28, 2018, former President George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston, six months after the passing of his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush. 1 of 6 | On November 28, 2018, former President George H.W. Bush, pictured in 2007, died at his home in Houston, six months after the passing of»»»

Doha: Japan is entering a new phase of economic policy as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first woman to hold the office, assumes the leadership of the country. PM Takaichi has vowed to revive Japan’s economic growth through what she calls a “responsible proactive fiscal policy.” This »»»

As of 10 a.m. Bishkek time, voting is underway outside the Kyrgyz Republic at 40 polling stations set up in Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, India, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. Accord»»»

At least 2,492 polling stations across Kyrgyzstan were opened at 8 a.m., along with 27 remote voting locations and 100 polling stations abroad, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Tynchtyk Shainazharov said at a briefing. New format: remote voting He emphasized that remote voting is being us»»»

Turkey, Nato member, but at the same time a Black Sea neighbour of Ukraine and Russia that throughout their war has set out to maintain amicable relations with both Kyiv and Moscow. Is it possible to imagine Turkish troops on the ground in Ukraine, serving as a reassurance force tasked with a core »»»

Ukraine has intensified its campaign against Russia’s oil trade by striking two tankers linked to Moscow’s sanction-evading maritime network in the Black Sea, signalling Kyiv’s determination to target the financial underpinnings of Russia’s war effort, the BBC has reported. Verified footage shows U»»»

As of 8 a.m. Bishkek time, voting is underway at 22 polling stations outside the Kyrgyz Republic. They have been set up in Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, and Mongolia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan reported. Currently, 620 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have voted. Voting is proceed»»»

India is reeling under a blanket of toxic smog that has impacted cities in the north like Delhi, all the way to Mumbai which is also seeing severe air quality levels. A combination of emissions from vehicles, construction dust, seasonal farm fires and weather conditions have made the onset of winte»»»

The foundations of any world order are rarely found in the institutions built to represent it. They lie instead in a simple, unchanging fact: Power belongs to those strong enough to impose rules and to those who emerged victorious from history’s major conflicts. Everything else – charters, constitu»»»

Dubai: The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said on Saturday that all national airlines operating Airbus A320 aircraft have begun carrying out the required safety inspections, following an emergency airworthiness directive issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for »»»

By Abdullah N. Al-Enezi KUWAIT, Nov 29 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya, and current chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Council, said Kuwait's presidency marked a key breakthrough in joint Gulf action, advancing integration, strengthening regiona»»»

The Russian government has approved a draft deal with Saudi Arabia to waive visas for mutual visits of up to 90 days a year. The document, published on Russia's official legal information portal on Thursday, says the agreement will take effect 60 days after it is signed and ratified by both sides. »»»

Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to "resolutely crack down" on online misconduct and foster a "clean" cyberspace, state media reported Saturday, after authorities recently penalized social media companies for their content. Beijing requires social media companies to moderate content on their platfor»»»

China has launched a campaign against fire hazards in high-rise buildings, state media reported Saturday, after at least 128 people were killed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest blazes. The inferno -- the financial hub's worst in decades -- sent shock waves through the city, which has some of the wor»»»

Hong Kong entered an official, three-day mourning period on Saturday after a blaze killed at least 128 people in one of the city's deadliest fires. Crowds gathered in somber silence near the blackened remains of Wang Fuk Court, the high-rise complex that burned for more than 40 hours beginning on W»»»

Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's deadliest fire in nearly 80 years. At least 128 people are now known to have died in the fire which engulfed several tower blocks on Wednesday. Hundreds remain una»»»

"They don't keep money, they spend it here and now." Det Ch Insp Paul Curtis is showing us around an evidence room piled high with designer shoes and handbags. Thousands of items are neatly stacked in plastic containers on wooden shelves. The items here have been seized from financial fraudsters, s»»»

Under the global gaze, the United Sates President Donald Trump and the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping held their first meeting since 2019 in Busan, South Korea. Their meeting aimed to tackle the growing trade tensions between the two countries. Subsequently, their efforts to»»»

Paris’s Louvre museum said on Thursday it will raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, requiring tourists from the United States, Britain and China to pay $37. The 45% increase is expected to lift annual revenue by up to $23 million to fund structural upgrades after last month’s daylight thef»»»

1 of 5 | Isabelita Espinosa, mother of a victim of an alleged extra-judicial killing during the war on drugs campaign of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, reacts after watching a broadcast of an International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber hearing, in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines, Fr»»»

Recent events have confirmed that US President Donald Trump is the ultimate political pragmatist. Since his inauguration in January, Trump has endured ongoing criticism from portions his MAGA base – due in large part to his failure to end the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. Trump won the presidency »»»