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SHANGHAI: From US$300 bucket hats to US$900 sneakers and US$700 T-shirts, the high-flying luxury sector is fretting over the appetite among financially stretched Gen Z consumers for such "aspirational" purchases....

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. The Federal Court denied a request by Najib Razak's lawyer to discharge himself from representing the former PM in his...

"Our relationship is not something which should be judged ... by the politics of the day," Jaishankar told an audience at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. As a direct neighbour India...

The campaigners have been accused of a conspiracy to commit subversion, after participating in an unofficial, non-binding primary election in 2020. Government prosecutor Andy Lo had alleged the activists tried...

But during the meeting, which included dinner, the high-ranked men took the opportunity to discuss an array of geopolitical issues. Akiba "conveyed Japan's position" on Taiwan to Yang, and stressed...

Founded in South Korea in the 1950s by self-declared messiah Sun Myung Moon and known for its mass weddings, the group has faced criticism for its fundraising and other issues....

KABUL: A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday (Aug 17) killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that...

BEIJING: China firmly opposes trade talks between the United States and Taiwan and says it will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests, the...

BEIJING: Sixteen people have been killed and dozens are missing in flash flooding in northwest China after a sudden downpour triggered mudslides and caused a river to change course, state...

HONG KONG: Overlooked by high-rises on the outskirts of Hong Kong, a group of students practise body-slam tackles and vicious ankle-wrenches at weekly training for an unlikely sport: The ancient...