One of China's richest women has fully taken over Country Garden, a top real estate developer, after her father resigned, which added to a string of prominent entrepreneurs retreating from their posts during a historic downturn in the property market.

At a temporary Aboriginal gathering space dubbed Marri Madung Butbut — or "Many Brave Hearts" in the language of Sydney's original inhabitants, the Gadigal people — eight performers emerged through lasers and lights that appear to move and thrust to the electronic beat.

Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday named Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president, in a reshuffle of the country's top leadership amid a sweeping anti-graft campaign.

Concern is growing in Iran after reports emerged that hundreds of schoolgirls had been poisoned across the country in recent months.

Indonesian security forces say they have surrounded armed rebels holding a New Zealand pilot captive in the restive Papua region but will refrain from taking any action that could endanger his life.

Tesla's next vehicle assembly plant will be in Mexico near Monterrey, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.

Foreign ministers from the world's biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for a grand test in Indian diplomacy as it attempts to navigate tensions over Russia's brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN's nuclear watchdog, as the US warned that Tehran's ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating.

A conservator at London's Westminster Abbey is carrying out meticulous restoration work on a fragile 700-year-old chair to ensure King Charles III can sit on it at his coronation in May.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the winner of a closely fought contest for Nigeria's presidency. But who is the man who will lead Africa's largest economy -- as well as inherit its plethora of economic and security crises?