EAST Japan Railway (JR East) and West Japan Railway (JR West) are struggling to keep regional rail services profitable as they continue facing significant passenger declines, local media reported. In…
CHINESE astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will carry out the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission, and Cai will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced at…
A Japanese nuclear reactor with an upgraded anti-tsunami wall was set to restart Tuesday in a region near the crippled Fukushima plant, according to its operator. Japan shut down all…
CARRYING nearly 40 kilogrammes despite their slender limbs, an unusual group of robot dogs were recently spotted moving up and down the steps on Mount Tai, a UNESCO World Heritage…
THE combined profit of major industrial enterprises in China reached 5.23 trillion yuan (US$735.41 billion) in the January-September period, down 3.5 per cent year on year, the National Bureau of…
GLOBAL stocks diverged and oil prices tumbled on Monday as markets were relieved that Israel’s strikes on Iran had avoided the country’s energy infrastructure. Israel avoided Iran’s oil and nuclear…
JOINING BRICS could help Palestine gain broad international support, Mahmoud al-Habbash, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told Sputnik. At the BRICS summit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said…
THE death toll from catastrophic flooding and landslides triggered by tropical storm Trami that slammed into the Philippines last week has risen to 116, with at least 39 people remaining…
IRANIAN officials will decide how to respond to the recent attack on Iranian territory carried out by Israel, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday. “How to convey…
“I’M thirsty,” a visitor told a towering humanoid robot standing 1.7 metres tall and weighing 65 kilogrammes at the 7th World Voice Expo in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province. Without…
