1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (343+ words) TOKYO (Sept 14): A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term incumbent…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (434+ words) TORONTO (Sept 14): Filmmaker Alex Gibney made his marathon documentary Musk, about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk, to prompt discussions about reclaiming power from "tech oligarchs", he said in an interview on Sunday. The Oscar-winning documentarian is at the…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (412+ words) SINGAPORE (Sept 14): AI-connected stocks fell sharply in early Asian trading on Monday after the CEOs of the companies developing the most advanced AI models warned the pace of development must slow to prevent threats to humanity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (164+ words) JAKARTA (Sept 14): Mount Semeru in East Java erupted three times on Monday morning, sending volcanic ash as high as 1,000 metres above its summit, Indonesian authorities said. According to the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), the highest ash column…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (361+ words) (Sept 14): China's Ligent Technologies seeks to raise about HK$5.67 billion (US$723 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) to fund product development and expand production, showed a prospectus filed at the stock exchange on Monday. The maker of…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (579+ words) SYDNEY (Sept 14): Share markets slid in Asia on Monday as supply concerns caused oil prices to spike anew, while investors braced for possible interest rate hikes in both the United States and Japan this week. Brent climbed 3% as new strikes…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago   (422+ words) This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on September 14, 2026 - September 20, 2026 Velesto Energy Bhd (KL:VELESTO) has clinched the Outstanding ESG and Dividend Return award at The Edge Malaysia ESG Awards 2026, underscoring the offshore drilling company’s efforts to translate…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago   (342+ words) BRUSSELS (Sept 13): Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union (EU) and is exploring whether his country could become an "associate member" of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which has…...

16+ hour, 41+ min ago   (302+ words) BANJARMASIN/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Sept 13): At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (285+ words) The Edge Malaysia SEOUL/BEIJING (Sept 13): South Korea's expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies amid intensifying competition in semiconductors…...