2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (135+ words) SEOUL — North Korea held a live-fire drill to test long-range artillery and missile units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday (Sept 14). The "joint firepower attack drill" on Saturday involved five army units and tested several weapon systems,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1244+ words) BEIJING — At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced. Some fleet-footed bots ran faster than Usain Bolt over 100 metres. Spectators cheered the machines' improving capabilities and their meme-worthy stumbles. Two days after the…...

23+ hour ago   (964+ words) NUREMBERG, Germany — A lone American soldier stood on a dusty road in Germany, fussing with a controller. Moments later, a drone, with wings that stretched almost as wide as his arms, whirred to life and shot into the sky. The…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (633+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday (Sept 9) to send every American adult US$5,000 (S$6,320) if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (632+ words) NEW YORK — A US prosecutor described China's Huawei as a criminal enterprise that stole from American companies to build its telecommunications empire, as the trial against the tech giant kicked off in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. "Theft, lies, cover-up,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (411+ words) LONDON — US President Donald Trump's latest map-making exercise has rattled the North Atlantic. During a flurry of social media posts over the long holiday weekend, Trump posted a map showing the US sprawling across all of North America and extending…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (639+ words) WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter century after a day "etched forever into the memories of Americans," President Donald Trump honoured the victims of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to "never forget". The event at the Ellipse was spearheaded by…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (183+ words) South Korea has sent an inspection team to assess the security situation in the Strait of Hormuz but no decision has been taken on sending troops, the defence ministry said on Tuesday (Sept 8). The announcement follows a decision by US…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1229+ words) WASHINGTON — They pulled off one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in US history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over US$240 million (S$304 million). They tried to hide their digital fingerprints, carrying out a sophisticated scheme to launder the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (137+ words) AsiaOne North Korean defence minister criticises joint military drills by US, Japan and South Korea North Korea's newly appointed defence minister, Kim Song-gi, has called joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and ​the US a provocation, state media KCNA…...