- Mon. Jul 14th, 2025
Row erupts as German city plans safe room for crack addicts
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – A battle has broken out over plans to open a new help centre for crack addicts near Frankfurt's main railway station, an area notorious for its…
Japan core inflation tops forecasts as rice prices almost double
Tokyo (AFP) – Japanese inflation spiked at a two-year high in April, data showed Friday, as rice prices almost doubled, turning focus on the central bank as it mulls more…
Swimming champ McEvoy says Enhanced Games 'record' means nothing
Sydney (AFP) – Australian Olympic champion Cam McEvoy has rubbished a record claimed by a Greek swimmer using performance-enhancing drugs and dismissed the relevance of the Enhanced Games. Issued on:…
Japan PM presses Trump on tariffs ahead of new talks
Tokyo (AFP) – Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he had again pressed US President Donald Trump on tariffs, in a phone call ahead of fresh talks on…
US tariff tensions test Southeast Asian leaders at regional summit
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – Southeast Asian leaders will express deep concern over US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz when they meet at a summit Monday, warning that the unilateral move…
The pioneering Vietnamese professor taught by French maths genius
Hanoi (AFP) – As American bombers flew overhead, pioneering professor Hoang Xuan Sinh completed her thesis by the light of a kerosene lamp in the Vietnamese jungle, with letters from…
Stocks mixed after Treasury
Hong Kong (AFP) – Equities were mixed Friday following the previous day's US bond-fuelled sell-off with traders tracking a slight pullback in Treasury yields as Donald Trump's signature tax-cutting budget…
Israeli director Nadav Lapid decries 'blindness' over Gaza
Cannes (France) (AFP) – Director Nadav Lapid said his new film "Yes" about a musician asked to re-write the Israeli national anthem is a response to his country's "blindness" to…