COPENHAGEN - In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at minus 43 degrees Celsius (minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit).

SYDNEY - Dozens of refugees who arrived in Australia by boat a decade ago and expected to resettle in the United States have been affected by the Trump Administration's freeze on refugee programs, an Australian official told Reuters.

The corpse was so decomposed that the authorities could not tell the gender of the deceased.

The move comes as tensions mount over the South China Sea.

Called neijuan or involution, it broadly refers to excessive competition in a saturated space.

Sources said the death toll was nearly 40.

According to a witness, a pickup and a sedan were recklessly driven outside Top Plus Club in KL.

JAKARTA - More than 70 Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said on Thursday, the latest wave of Rohingyas who often faced rejection from Indonesia's regional communities.

Mr Ishiba also plans to explain job creation in the US by Japanese companies.

BANGKOK - Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy - by pushing to hold another election.

MOSCOW - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that its troops had taken control of the village of Novoielyzavetivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, near the logistics centre of Pokrovsk, the latest target in their steady advance westward.

The family recently returned to Pakistan after living in the US for about 25 years.

The guards hold signs in English, Chinese and Korean, and will be stationed till the end of March.

More than 37 per cent of survey respondents expect their quality of life to deteriorate over the next year.

The stampede occurred when several devotees tried to jump the barricades, officials said.

The Chinese firms investment was made by its Singapore-based unit.

One survivor recalled seeing a child crying next to bodies of his loved ones.

A reported 10,000 trips were cancelled by Chinese tourists following kidnapping reports.

NEW DELHI - At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday, an official said, the most auspicious day of the six-week Great Pitcher Festival.

The exact reason is unknown but it may have to do with studies, bullying, relationships and career choices.

For years, many assumed that the US would dominate in the field of artificial intelligence.

Arrests have been made, but no further details were provided.

At least seven of 82 accused priests and brothers continue to serve in parishes.

MANILA - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country's bishops to take action and hold the alleged perpetrators accountable.

It does not allow asylum seekers who arrive by boat to settle in the country.

ANKARA - Turkey removed another elected pro-Kurdish provincial mayor on Wednesday over convictions on terrorism-related offences, the interior ministry said, temporarily appointing a state official in her place amid a widening opposition crackdown.

Among those discharged are pregnant women and those dependent on oxygen tanks.

DeepSeeks meteoric rise has placed pressure not just on overseas rivals, but domestic ones too.

The railway is expected to begin operations nearly a decade later than originally planned.

DHAKA - Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the countrys rail network to a halt.

The testimonies of some passengers suggest the fire broke out at an overhead compartment.

No casualties were reported.

BENGALURU - India successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday a new navigation satellite aboard a home-grown rocket, strengthening its independent satellite positioning system at a time when space-based technologies are becoming increasingly critical.

MUMBAI - Several people were feared dead after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival in northern India's Uttar Pradesh State on Wednesday, on one of the holiest days of the event, as tens of millions gathered at the site.

The festivities extended to space, with Chinese astronauts sending greetings from a space station.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Egypt's foreign minister on Tuesday it was important to ensure Hamas can never govern Gaza again, the State Department said, with their call coming after President Donald Trump suggested Egypt and Jordan should take more Palestinians.

More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday.

A local government official said the stampede began after crowd control barriers broke.