BEIJING – “If I’m not at Starbucks, I’d be on the way to Starbucks.”

NEW YORK/GENEVA – The United Nations is considering reorganizing more than 40 agencies, organizations andcutting about 7,000 jobs, including U.N. Secretariat positions, it has been learned.

BEIJING – The AG600, China’s domestically developed seaplane, received its production certificate on Wednesday from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), clearing the way for its delivery.

Fresh off a blistering first-round finish – and with a US$10,000 bonus in hand – Islay Erika Bomogao didn’t hesitate to respond to a callout from Japanese kickboxer Misaki Morita.

Misaki Morita declared she wanted to become the “Stamp Fairtex of Japan” after her impressive ONE Championship debut win.

KHARKIV, Ukraine - When Lisa, 20, laces into her ultra-high heels for her shift at a strip club in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, she knows that aside from dancing, she will have to comfort traumatised soldiers.

JERUSALEM - Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has announced a new website for his planned $5-million US residency permit, saying the waiting list for the “golden visa” has opened on TrumpCard.gov.

SEOUL – South Korea on Wednesday suspended its loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at North Korea, as part of the liberal Lee Jae-myung administration’s efforts to ease tension with Pyongyang.

TOKYO – One of the documents of agreement to be adopted at the upcoming summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven countries will call for the formulation within the year of a road map to diversify procurement of rare earth minerals, with...