Japan pushes to restart world’s largest nuclear plant amid Fukushima-era fears
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has postponed the highly anticipated restart of the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in...
China’s economic growth hits multi-decade low amid structural struggles
China’s economy recorded one of its slowest expansions in decades in 2025, official figures released on Monday showed, underscoring widening internal weaknesses even as...
Historic Zando market in Kinshasa set to reopen after major sustainable redesign
Kinshasa historic Central Market, widely known as Zando, is poised to reopen early next year after an ambitious five-year redevelopment aimed at transforming the...
Ending of ‘free baby book’ scheme raises fears for Wales’ poorest families
A decision to withdraw funding from a long-established scheme that has provided free book to babies and toddlers in Wales for more than 25...
Singapore escalates crackdown on vaping. Read how!
At Singapore’s Woodlands Checkpoint, the country’s busiest land border with Malaysia, customs officers remain on constant alert as streams of vehicles inch forward under...
TikTok announces rollout of enhanced age-verification technology across the EU
TikTok has announced plans to deploy significantly upgraded age-verification technology across European Union countries in the coming weeks, marking one of the platform’s most...
China’s population shrinks again as birthrate hits record low
China’s population continued its historic decline in 2025, falling for the fourth consecutive year and underscoring the deepening demographic challenges facing the world’s second-largest...
Gibellina: Italy’s capital of contemporary art hopes to revive abandoned art town
Once written off as a failed postmodern dream, the Sicilian town of Gibellina is attempting a bold revival through contemporary art, as it prepares...
Two Canadian provinces fight for ‘Crown Royal Whisky’
A dispute over a British-owned, Canadian-made whisky has triggered an unusual political standoff between two Canadian provinces, raising questions about national unity as the...