China’s ‘nervous’ Xi risks new Cold War
Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperilling Hong...
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India posts record jump in Covid-19 cases
India reported a record daily jump of 7,964 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, with a recent surge in cases as lockdown restrictions start to ease...
Taiwan pledges help for fleeing Hong Kongers, riles China
Taiwan promised on Thursday to settle Hong Kongers who flee the Chinese-ruled city for political reasons, offering help from employment to counselling, and prompting angry...
Hong Kong and Beijing officials defend security laws, citing threat of terrorism
China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong and the city’s security chief on Monday defended proposed national security laws by describing some acts in mass...
N.Korea’s Kim vows to further bolster nuclear war deterrence
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a military meeting to discuss new policies to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks with...
Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse anti-govt protesters (updated)
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang Hong Kong police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse thousands protesting on Sunday against Beijing’s plan to...
Hong Kong residents fret over Beijing’s planned new security laws
Newspaper vendor Man, 60, was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong, and worried what...
Coronavirus: China reports no new cases for first time since pandemic began
China recorded no new confirmed Covid-19 cases on the mainland for May 22, the first time it had seen no daily rise in the number...
Pakistani airliner carrying 99 plunges into Karachi houses (Update 2)
By Syed Raza Hassan Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday...
China’s plans for security agencies in Hong Kong will ‘silence city’, activists say
A Chinese proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there, raising fears of direct law...
China plans national security laws for Hong Kong
China will propose national security laws for Hong Kong in response to last year’s often violent pro-democracy protests that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it...
Cyclone kills 14 in India, Bangladesh leaving trail of destruction
A powerful cyclone pounded eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and destroying thousands of homes, officials said, leaving authorities struggling...
Taiwan president rejects Beijing rule; China says ‘reunification’ inevitable
Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its “one country, two systems” offer of autonomy , President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, strongly rejecting China’s...
Coronavirus: China reports five new cases, risk of second wave
Mainland China reported five new confirmed Covid-19 cases for May 16, down from eight the previous day, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a...
Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease
By Brenda Goh As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres...
Japan lifts emergency in most areas but not in Tokyo, Osaka
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency in large parts of the country on Thursday but said it would remain in place...
China’s Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lifting of lockdown
Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the central...
China reports 1st coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3 among 14 new infections
China’s National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases on May 9, the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than...
China open to probe of origins of coronavirus, says envoy – report
China is open to an independent investigation to determine the origins of the coronavirus now sweeping the world, its ambassador to Berlin told a German magazine...
India train crushes migrant workers killing 14
An Indian train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village...
