TAIPEI, Nov 10 — Taiwan will stress the importance of peace in the region at next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, one of the few international bodies both Taiwan and China are members of and where their officials meet.

LONDON, Nov 10 — Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains over 60 years after it was last recorded.

NEW YORK, Nov 10 — The UN General Assembly's Committee on Economic and Financial Questions (Second Committee) has voted in favour of a resolution affirming the sovereignty of the Palestinian people over their natural resources.

HANOI, Nov 9 — Vietnam will remain the region’s fastest growing digital economy between 2023 and 2025, according to the 8th edition of the e-Conomy SEA Report published by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

MEXICO CITY, Nov 9 — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, 73, has been taken to a hospital in Mexico City after having suffered an ischemic stroke, Sputnik quoted Mexican newspaper El Sol De Mexico report Wednesday.

BANGKOK, Nov 7 — Thailand will work with Toyota Motor Corp in developing the country's electric vehicle (EV) industry, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a meeting with the automakers' executives.

JAKARTA, Nov 8 — Asean and Germany have agreed to strengthen collaboration in eight areas of mutual interest, including cybersecurity, energy security and connectivity.

JERUSALEM, Nov 8 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report stating that Israel's attacks on healthcare facilities in occupied Palestinian territory resulted in the deaths of 509 Palestinians, including patients and healthcare personnel, and injuries to 447 people.

HANOI, Nov 8 — Vietnam will remain the Southeast Asian region's fastest-growing digital economy between 2023 and 2025, according to the latest regional digital economy report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

GAZA CITY, Nov 8 — At least 40,000 people have been killed, injured, or have gone missing in Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

GAZA CITY, Nov 8 — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its humanitarian convoy came under gunfire in Gaza City yesterday.

LONDON, Nov 8 — About one million tonnes of plastic additives leak into oceans each year, according to new research.

SINGAPORE, Nov 8 — Britain's Prince William attended the annual Earthshot Prize ceremony on Tuesday (November 7), which awards £1 million (RM5.73 million) to each of five green innovators working on projects, including a cleaner lithium-ion battery and ocean conservation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 — The United States (US) Treasury said no major trading partners appeared to be manipulating their currencies but put Vietnam back onto a foreign exchange "monitoring list," while removing Switzerland and South Korea from the same scrutiny.

Berlin, Nov 7 — Germany has decided to release €71 million (US$75.80 million) in aid as part of an ongoing review of its support for Palestinians and has pledged an additional €20 million in new funding, the development ministry said on Tuesday.

DHAKA, Nov 7 — Bangladesh will raise the minimum wage for garment workers by 56.25 per cent, the first hike since 2019, the junior labour minister said on Tuesday after a week of protests calling for higher salaries.

SINGAPORE , Nov 7 — Singapore Airlines on Tuesday posted a record half-year profit reflecting strong trav–el demand as passenger traffic to the northern part of Asia rebounded after countries fully reopened post the Covid pandemic.

ISTANBUL, Nov 7 — China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have jointly called for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to adopt an “actionable” resolution on Palestine.

HONG KONG , Nov 7 —Top global banking chiefs on Tuesday said they are concerned the financial sector's next crisis may come from rising geopolitical uncertainty, as extreme events could test market resiliency.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 7 — WeWork, the SoftBank Group-backed startup whose meteoric rise and fall reshaped the office sector globally, sought US bankruptcy protection on Monday after its bets on companies using more of its office-sharing space soured.