Wellington: New Zealand Defense Force has been contributing to a multinational team in the Solomon Islands to safely dispose of explosive remnants from the World War II, a force statement said on Monday.

Up to 250 personnel from Australia, Canada, Ja…

New york: Italy’s top-ranked Jannik Sinner defeated American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his first US Open men’s singles title.

“This title means so much, because the last period of my career was really not easy. I love tennis, I pr…

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing on Monday.

Xi asked Sanchez to convey his greetings to King Felipe VI. He pointed out that China and Spain celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establish…

Hanoi: Government bond auctions in Vietnam raised nearly 45.3 trillion Vietnamese dong (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in August, Vietnam News reported on Monday, citing the State Treasury.

The value marked a 24 percent increase month-on-month, said the r…

Beijing: Defender Liu Yang will miss China’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia with a recurring ankle injury.

Liu’s club Shandong Taishan announced in a statement on Monday that the left-back had suffered a recurrence of an injury to…

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached more than 20 billion U.S. dollars by the end of August, the latest central bank data showed.

The country’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 20.55 billion dollars on Aug. 29, the last working day…

Jakarta: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, will start from Tuesday working at the newly built presidential palace in the country’s new capital Nusantara, an official said.

Presidential spokesperson Hasan Nasbi told local m…

Beijing: China on Monday initiated an anti-dumping probe into imported rapeseed from Canada, China’s Ministry of Commerce has said.

The move was made in accordance with Chinese law and in compliance with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO…