6:13 am, Tuesday, 3 February 2026
BREAKING NEWS
A war the Rohingya cannot afford
In the Rohingya camps and scattered diasporic pockets, the war in Rakhine is now experienced through short clips and forwarded
FLOODS IN INDONESIA PUT RARE ORANGUTANS UNDER NEW THREAT
Cyclone-driven landslides shred forest homes in North Sumatra Weeks after deadly floods and landslides tore through parts of Indonesia, conservation
CAMBODIA–THAILAND BORDER CLASHES STIR FEARS OF A WIDER MEKONG FLASHPOINT
Border firefights displace villagers and strain ASEAN diplomacy Heavy exchanges of artillery and small-arms fire along the Cambodia–Thailand frontier have
OIL PRICES SLIP AS UKRAINE PEACE TALKS AND GLUT SHAPE ENERGY MARKET MOOD
Traders weigh diplomacy, demand outlook and OPEC+ discipline Global oil prices fell back from recent highs as traders digested signs
REDDIT TIGHTENS TEEN SAFETY AS GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA RULES SHIFT
New age limits and content filters for under-18 users Reddit is rolling out a more heavily locked-down version of its
JAPAN QUAKE TRIGGERS TSUNAMI AND RENEWS QUESTIONS ABOUT DISASTER READINESS
Emergency response and early warnings under scrutiny A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake off Japan’s northern coast has injured at least
Metallica fans hit with lifetime stadium ban after risky stunt
A dangerous climb at a packed show Two Australian Metallica fans have been handed lifetime bans from Perth’s Optus Stadium
Tokyo’s rat problem exposes cracks in city living
Rats move in as garbage piles up Tokyo’s famously tidy image is under strain as rat sightings surge in busy
Solar startups race to cover every rooftop
Closing the rooftop solar gap A new wave of clean-energy startups is trying to solve a surprisingly stubborn problem: millions
OpenAI lands big enterprise customer after ‘code red’ over Google
From panic to proof of concept OpenAI has announced a major new enterprise customer just days after an internal “code
