Residents reported hearing cracking sounds shortly before the apartment block crumbled around 10am on Friday (Jul 4) in Karachi's impoverished Lyari neighbourhood.

As Tokyo seeks to avert the US' threat to impose tariffs of up to 35 per cent on Japanese goods, Prime Minister Ishiba stressed that Japan, as the biggest investor nation in the US economy, should be treated differently from other countries.

At the 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Anwar expressed confidence that the grouping, which today accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the global economy, holds vast potential to boost trade.

The 34-year-old man's death came just hours after two other suspects were killed in a similar shootout in Jitra. 

A number of prominent international leaders and former leaders, including from the US and India, wished the Dalai Lama well through statements which were read out at the birthday celebrations in Dharamshala.

Indonesia’s free meals programme was touted as a potential driver of local economic growth and job creation. But the promise is far from realised, say economists, health experts and small local businesses.

Trump this week hammered Japan over what he said was Tokyo's reluctance to import US-grown rice, and accusing Japan of engaging in "unfair" autos trade.

The theme park in Shanghai is the biggest Legoland in the world.

Under a government incentive programme meant to boost electric vehicle production in Thailand, carmakers are exempt from import duties, but are obligated to match import volumes with domestic production.  

The 5.5-magnitude quake on Thursday (Jul 3) was one of more than 1,000 tremors in the islands of Kagoshima prefecture in the past two weeks. 

Concerns over the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub's outlook had been growing in the run-up to the trade deal between the United States, particularly as the latter is Vietnam's biggest export market.

In a statement on Friday (Jul 4), Johor police chief M Kumar said CCTV footage showed that two individuals in a dark coloured car had left the body at Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru.