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AFP/APP Tokyo: Honda announced plans Thursday to double investment in electric vehicles to $65 billion by 2030 as the Japanese auto giant seeks to go fully electric. The company is aggressively pursuing a target set three years ago of…

AFP/APP Jiuquan: China will send a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday evening, Beijing's Manned Space Agency announced, the latest mission in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: The ongoing heavy rain in south China is expected to subside from Monday, according to the country's national observatory. However, rainfall is forecast to continue over the coming three days across the southern…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian stocks tumbled Friday, and oil extended the previous day's surge on worries that Israel's war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as both sides ratcheted up tensions. The threat of regional…

 AFP/APP Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday with representatives of US businesses, state media reported, as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment and reassure American firms in the face of a slowing economy. "On the…

Xinhua Beijing: Snow and sleet will hit parts of southern China on Tuesday and Wednesday, the country's top meteorological authority said Tuesday. The weather pattern shifts after a couple of days of sweeping and intense rain, snow, and…

APP Islamabad: The district authorities have sealed three restaurants for serving substandard food at their eateries in Islamabad. Under the directives of Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon, a comprehensive inspection of eateries at…

AFP/APP Singapore: Tan Chwee Lian picks up a small paddle, her finger resting on a groove worn into the wood over 70 years of making Buddhist and Taoist deities in her shop, one of the last of its kind in Singapore. Facing competition…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China will advance the building of its capacity for archaeological scientific research with a string of efforts, including establishing national and regional facilities by 2025, according to the country's archaeology…

AFP/APP Beijing: Beijing is the third most polluted major city on Earth on Wednesday, just ahead of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, stated IQAir– air quality monitoring firm. With tens of millions of people in northern China under severe…