Six companies are suspected of colluding to use food inflation to raise the prices of their product Gavin Blair in Tokyo Authorities in Japan have raided six of the country’s largest ice-cream firms for allegedly colluding to raise the price of their products, provoking anger from frozen snack aficionados as they face a cruel summer ahead. Officials from…
Rare albino buffalo spared due to security concerns over unusual level of public interest in 700kg animal Reuters in Dhaka A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh nicknamed “Donald Trump” for its distinctive blond tuft has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government intervention, according to a home ministry official. The nearly 700kg…
Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard allies Saeed Shahin Islamabad The shock of the Iran war and its fallout has driven rivals in the Middle East to get behind a peace deal, pushing the Trump administration to accept a tentative agreement in the face of…
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiations Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Iran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as key factors in why a complete agreement is proving difficult to secure. Speaking at the…
US president says it’s a ‘solid 50/50’ on either making a ‘good’ deal with Iran or striking the country anew William Christou in Beirut and José Olivares Donald Trump said he would meet today with American negotiators to review Iran’s latest proposal and decide by Sunday whether he will strike Iran “to kingdom come”. The US secretary of…
Woman recovered after volcanic eruption on remote island, while operation to find two missing Singaporeans goes on Associated Press in Jakarta Rescuers have recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption on Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s remote island of Halmahera, officials have said. Search operations continued on Saturday for the bodies…
Taiwan’s reputation for tech excellence means it is a favoured alternative source for Ukrainian drone-makers Alicia Chen and Yu-chen Li Over the four years that Ukraine has been fighting to repel Russian forces from its territory, its country’s battlefields have become scarred by airstrikes, pockmarked by artillery fire, and littered with the wreckage of cheap aerial drones….
The escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz could push tens of millions into poverty, trigger a surge in global hunger and even tip the world towards recession, the UN Secretary-General warned on Thursday. António Guterres decried the restrictions on free passage through the crucial chokepoint which is “impeding the delivery of oil, gas, fertilizer,…
Beijing urges Washington to ‘make the right choices’ on Taiwan to maintain ‘stability’ between the two powers Agency France-Presse China’s foreign minister on Thursday urged the US to maintain “stability” between the two powers and warned that Taiwan posed the biggest risk, weeks ahead of President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to Beijing. In a call…
Washington reportedly limits satellite data after minister spoke publicly about suspected facility in North Korea Raphael Rashid in Seoul The US has partly restricted intelligence sharing with South Korea after the country’s unification minister publicly identified a suspected North Korean nuclear site, according to reports in South Korean media. Chung Dong-young told lawmakers in March that North Korea…