"He chatted with me via video call, and I also confirmed his face and voice in the video. That's why we let our guard down," the victim said
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a defence pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday. He and Indian PM Narendra Modi also met Pacific Island leaders at a regional forum
The People's Bank of China has held rates steady with a struggling yuan and widening bond yields the key factors in the central bank’s decision to stand firm
One of China's WZ-8 supersonic reconnaissance drones has been spotted by new hangars at Lu'an airbase in China's Anhui province, a US military magazine says
New rules could dampen Chinese interest in listing in Europe, say bankers, after Beijing made the fundraisers liable to national security reviews
China has expressed anger at Japan for the strong criticism it received during the G7 summit, but Joe Biden said he expects ties with Beijing will warm up shortly
Shares of local and Asian chipmakers rose after China's cyberspace regulator said that Micron, the biggest US memory chipmaker, had failed its network security review
Palau and Micronesia will sign updated security agreements with the US over the next two days, while the Marshall Islands could also agree to do the same shortly, US envoy Joseph Yun said
G7 states want to limit 'risk exposure' to China but would still invest in supply supply chains there, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday; Quad leaders also met in Hiroshima
Ukrainian leader is seeking support from rich democracies, and pushing his claims about the threat posed by Moscow to key leaders from the 'Global South' with long ties to Russia.
The G7 joint statement is not hostile and nothing in it should come as a surprise to China, given the concerns of G7 members are "well known" to Beijing, a US official said
The country’s central bank says it is closely watching the yuan after it broke through the 7-per-dollar level on a stumbling economic recovery and a dollar rally