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Southern California soaked by powerful Christmas storms

Southern California soaked by powerful Christmas storms

Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides.
Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

EU looks to boost plastic recycling as Chinese imports rise

EU looks to boost plastic recycling as Chinese imports rise

Thailand-Cambodia border meeting in doubt over venue row

Thailand-Cambodia border meeting in doubt over venue row

Thailand on Tuesday rejected a request by Cambodia to hold bilateral talks in a neutral country, leaving a planned meeting to negotiate an end to deadly border clashes in doubt.
December 23, 2025 | 08:46 pm PT
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6B, among largest in US history

Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6B, among largest in US history

The U.S. Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated US$1.6 billion ahead of Monday night's drawing, cementing its place among the largest lottery prizes in American history.
December 22, 2025 | 11:21 pm PT
Cambodia, Thailand to hold talks on resuming Trump's truce as fighting enters third week

Cambodia, Thailand to hold talks on resuming Trump's truce as fighting enters third week

Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Monday to hold a Dec. 24 meeting of defense officials towards resuming a months-old ceasefire, as fierce border fighting between them entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far.
December 22, 2025 | 03:13 pm PT
India's Bollywood counts costs as star fees squeeze profits

India's Bollywood counts costs as star fees squeeze profits

From fleets of private trailers to personal chefs and sprawling entourages, Bollywood stars' "obnoxious" demands are driving up production costs and putting a strain on the Indian film industry's finances, insiders say.
December 21, 2025 | 06:56 pm PT
Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima

Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima

The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
December 21, 2025 | 06:56 pm PT
Australia falls silent, lights candles for Bondi Beach shooting victims

Australia falls silent, lights candles for Bondi Beach shooting victims

Australians fell silent in flickering candlelight on Sunday to honour the Bondi Beach shooting victims, marking one week since gunmen fired into crowds at a Jewish festival.
December 21, 2025 | 04:13 am PT
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attack

Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attack

Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month.
December 21, 2025 | 04:12 am PT
US halts green card lottery after MIT professor, Brown University killings

US halts green card lottery after MIT professor, Brown University killings

The Trump administration will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor into the United States.
December 19, 2025 | 04:42 pm PT
Brown University shooting suspect found dead

Brown University shooting suspect found dead

The man believed to be behind a mass shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and wounded several others has been found dead, officials announced Thursday.
December 18, 2025 | 08:35 pm PT
Australia announces gun buyback, day of 'reflection' after Bondi shooting

Australia announces gun buyback, day of 'reflection' after Bondi shooting

Australia will mark one week since the Bondi Beach mass shooting with a national day of "reflection," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday as he outlined plans for a sweeping gun buyback scheme.
December 18, 2025 | 08:34 pm PT
Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing casino hub near border

Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing casino hub near border

Cambodia said Thailand's military on Thursday bombed the casino town of Poipet, a major crossing between the two nations, as foreign powers pressured them to halt reignited border clashes.
December 18, 2025 | 12:08 am PT
Hundreds sue Japan's government over climate policies, citing health and livelihood risks

Hundreds sue Japan's government over climate policies, citing health and livelihood risks

Hundreds of people across Japan sued the central government Thursday seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, the country's first such litigation.
December 18, 2025 | 12:08 am PT
Thailand says Cambodia must announce ceasefire 'first' to stop fighting

Thailand says Cambodia must announce ceasefire 'first' to stop fighting

Thailand said Tuesday that Cambodia must be first to announce a truce to halt fighting between the two nations after more than a week of deadly clashes in a reignited border conflict.
December 16, 2025 | 08:42 pm PT
Trump imposes full travel bans on 7 more countries, Palestinians

Trump imposes full travel bans on 7 more countries, Palestinians

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a U.S. travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States.
December 16, 2025 | 07:55 pm PT
Thailand to hold elections on Feb 8, election commission says

Thailand to hold elections on Feb 8, election commission says

Thailand is set to hold parliamentary elections on Feb. 8, the election commission said in a statement on Dec. 15, with the earlier-than-expected polls coming after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved Parliament last week.
December 15, 2025 | 06:13 pm PT
Sydney mourns 15 killed in Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years

Sydney mourns 15 killed in Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years

Dozens of people lined up early on Dec. 16 at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in the Hannukah festival shootings on Dec. 14, Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years.
December 15, 2025 | 06:12 pm PT
India tightens pollution curbs as Delhi's air quality worsens

India tightens pollution curbs as Delhi's air quality worsens

India tightened anti-pollution measures in Delhi and adjoining areas after the capital's air quality deteriorated to the season's worst.
December 14, 2025 | 07:02 pm PT
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