Activists say that the ultimate goal should be preventing strays from ever being born or abandoned on the streets.

Chinese actor Wang Xing, whose disappearance near the Thailand-Myanmar border made headlines last year, was among the syndicate’s victims, according to Chinese news outlets.

Evergrande's fortunes reversed in 2020, when new regulations from China seeking to limit excessive borrowing in the real estate sector complicated Evergrande's ability to make payments.

In a recent interview with news agency Al Jazeera, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had voiced support for Beijing’s “One China” principle as well as its right to use force should peaceful reunification fail.

Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers that North Korea was generally believed to have around 80 to 120 warheads, after US President Donald Trump commented a day earlier that Pyongyang possessed 57 "very powerful nuclear weapons".

The industry is nearing a breakthrough where robots can be placed in unfamiliar environments and complete most tasks through simple voice or text instructions, says Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing.

Japan media reported that the four workers were removing weeds from the train tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma city north of Tokyo when the express train struck them.

With uranium demand expected to double by 2040, countries are reopening mines, expanding enrichment capacity and exploring alternative fuels, seawater extraction and fusion technology, CNA’s The Nuclear Option finds.

Washington’s words and actions invite questions about whether its strategic view of the Indo-Pacific region has changed, says RSIS’ Sinderpal Singh.

Officials say the move benefits local communities and can help manage human-wildlife conflicts, while animal welfare groups warn it risks undermining protection of the species classified by an international conservation authority as endangered.

What decides how long wars can be fought is regenerative capacity, with Asia not yet paying for it, says an analyst.

The possible summit was discussed during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Seoul, where he met his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun.

The meeting would be the first between the two leaders since Trump began his second term.

The US plans to impose sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and a Senegalese lawyer on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Guo Degang was accused of “violating public order and good customs” after changing the lyrics of a classic Chinese revolutionary song during a recent performance.