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Only vehicles from model year 2015 and earlier, traditional jeepneys, power plants and generators, and the marine and shipping sectors would be allowed to use Euro-II compliant petroleum products.

The integration comes as OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that can perform tasks such as transferring files and sending emails on users' behalf, has gained traction in recent weeks.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang was speaking at the opening of the annual China Development Forum, attended this year by prominent business leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook.

The unicameral parliament has virtually no power to challenge the party's key decisions, including on personnel, but it has occasionally amended proposed laws.

This is the second increase in two weeks, as the country prepares for more impact from the war in the Middle East.

The person, who has not been publicly identified, was released on Wednesday and will be returning to Japan, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said. He added that a second Japanese national remained in detention.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) last provided an update in March 2024 and victims' relatives remain in the dark about what caused the plane to nosedive from cruising altitude rather than land in Guangzhou as planned.

Washington and Beijing are mulling a new mechanism to formalise and identify what kinds of goods the United States should be exporting to and importing from China, US trade envoy Jamieson Greer said.

The United States in 2019 approved an $8 billion sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan but the project has been hit by issues including software problems.

As cities with high EV adoption cut emissions, the villages supplying the batteries bear the burden of environmental damage. CNA travels to Indonesia’s North Maluku province to find out more in this latest part of a series on EVs in Asia.

Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election served as the key motivator behind the first impeachment of President Trump in 2018.

India's Prime Minister Modi expressed solidarity with Iran, condemning US and Israeli strikes on critical infrastructure.

India's Prime Minister Modi expressed solidarity with Iran, condemning US and Israeli strikes on critical infrastructure.

Enormous crowds of fans - 260,000 were predicted before - descended on Seoul from Saturday morning onwards in colourful costumes, taking selfies and clutching BTS Army glowsticks.

Democratic Action Party chief Anthony Loke says the disagreement between Lim Guan Eng and Chow Kon Yeow over Penang's revised land tax should have been tackled within DAP and not "aired publicly". 

Shi Yongxin, 60, led the Shaolin Temple for over 25 years and was ousted in July last year.

Videos and photos from the scene showed thick gray smoke billowing from the complex and some workers jumping from a building.

Muslims celebrate Hari Raya on Saturday (Mar 21), marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Mr Anutin became the first Thai premier to be voted back to office in two decades after cruising through a parliamentary vote.

Three men aged between 23 and 29, and a 27-year-old woman, were arrested.

The legislation will create a new agency that will exclusively handle indictments and prosecutions and spin off the investigative function to a separate agency.

Authorities are searching for at least 14 other people believed to have been inside the factory when the fire broke out.

This comes after East Kalimantan governor Rudy Mas’ud returned his 8.5 billion rupiah (US$502,304) official vehicle following widespread public criticism over what many considered as excessive spending.  

Pakistan, which relies heavily on imported fuel, is particularly vulnerable to external shocks.

Washington’s latest probes are seen as more potent than last April’s reciprocal tariffs, offering greater legal certainty and wider scope for action, say experts.

Indonesia’s large digital economy and access to land and power are drawing global cloud companies, but balancing growth with sustainability and talent needs remains a key challenge, say industry players.

According to state media, North Korea's new battle tank possesses advanced mobility, firepower and defensive systems, including protection against missiles and drones.

The shadow fleet of tankers carrying sanctioned Iranian oil and operating off the coasts of Singapore and Malaysia could become targets of the US and other actors as part of the Middle East war, say analysts.

US President Donald Trump’s upending of long-held alliances has made Canada realise that it must engineer new frameworks to survive the disintegration of the world order, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

A delayed summit between the two leaders allows Beijing to better lay the groundwork on the issues it’s pressing Washington on, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.

The Japanese prime minister will be the first major ally to hold face-to-face talks with United States President Donald Trump since he urged several countries to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

As conflict in the Middle East drives up global fuel prices, Hong Kong drivers are looking north for relief - but will the savings add up?

On his first visit to Japan as Singapore's prime minister, Mr Wong spoke about the importance of maintaining strong relationships with other countries amid a more complex geopolitical environment.

Authorities have rolled out incentives to boost marriages and births, but shifting attitudes and economic pressures among young Chinese pose deeper challenges.

Nearly three decades in, Malaysian designer Lee Khoon Hooi has dressed Golden Globes red carpets, built a loyal following across the Middle East – and still picks up his own phone.

Rising fuel prices due to tensions in the Middle East, along with other factors, could compound an already arduous and risky journey for millions returning to their home towns this Hari Raya season.

Some of China’s most successful global companies have spent years masking their origins to sidestep Western scrutiny. That has changed, says Juliana Liu for Bloomberg Opinion.

Both countries will enhance cooperation in trade, digitalisation and technology, defence, green transition and energy, as well as other people exchanges.

Activist Andrie Yunus suffered injuries to his face, an eye, hands and torso after the acid attack last week.

Cambodia has no oil refinery, and has less than a month's supply of diesel, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas and petrol under normal conditions, its energy minister said.

Taiwan says it has secured alternative supplies for the months ahead, including from the United States.

Trump’s move to delay his China visit just two weeks before it was due may reinforce Beijing’s view of Washington’s unpredictability, analysts say, even as China looks to turn the disruption to its advantage.

Complaints alleged that barcodes and QR codes on the ballots could potentially be used to identify ​which candidate and party a voter had ​chosen, undermining the secrecy of the ballot, according to ‌the ⁠Office of the Ombudsman.

Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu have all embraced the OpenClaw trend - rolling out products as they look for new revenue streams.