UK’s BAE to build fleet of nuclear-powered submarines for Australia under Aukus pact
Australia’s Submarine Agency said BAE would produce the state-of-the-art vessels, which will be delivered from the early 2040s.
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Vietnam political star’s downfall shocks nation as graft purge widens: ‘who will be next president?’
On Thursday, the Vietnamese parliament formally accepted Thuong’s resignation, over a year into the largely-ceremonial job.
A roadside bomb targeting security forces kills 2 soldiers and wounds 15 in Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing two soldiers and wounding 15 others, officials said.
Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety.
New Zealand slips into its second recession in 18 months as economy contracts
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has entered its second recession in 18 months after the latest round of GDP figures confirmed its economy contracted in the last quarter of 2023.
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto congratulated by China’s Xi, US’ Blinken over victory amid election challenges
“I attach great importance to the development of China-Indonesia relations and look forward to working together with President-elect Prabowo to lead the construction of a community with a shared future between the two countries to achieve greater results, create an example of major developing countries sharing a common destiny, unite, cooperate and seek common development, and serve as a model for the two peoples, that will bring more benefits to our people and inject strong impetus into regional and global prosperity and stability,” Xi said in a statement given to Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Thursday.
Malaysians could pay more for vegetables as worker exodus sparks supply fears: ‘locals don’t want the jobs’
Malaysian vegetable farmers have warned supply could fall by 40 per cent next month due to a labour shortage caused by the annual Ramadan exit of Muslim foreign workers, but exacerbated by a hard May 31 government deadline for new migrant workers to enter the country.
Australia and U.K. sign defense and security treaty to meet ‘contemporary challenges’
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia and the United Kingdom signed a new defense and security cooperation agreement with the defense ministers of both countries saying it was required to meet ‘contemporary challenges’ to maintain a global rules-based order.