UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens
Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the ...
WHO team, on tightly controlled China mission, visits hospital
By Martin Quin Pollard and Thomas Peter
The World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 during a mission that has been tightly controlled by its Chinese hosts visited ...
Britain says China has damaged trust in global trade system
Britain on Friday said China had contributed to an erosion of trust in the global trade system, offering to work with the European Union, Japan the United States and others ...
UN voices alarm about Myanmar after military threats, coup fears
The United Nations and Western governments voiced alarm on Friday over threats by Myanmar‘s military that have stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the ...
China toughens language, warns Taiwan that independence “means war”
China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that their armed forces were taking action ...
Chinese cities using anal swabs to screen Covid infections
Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure no potential carrier of the new coronavirus ...
New warning system in Bangladesh to tackle rising landslide risk
A new system that can warn people of landslides nearly a week in advance is set to be launched in Bangladesh later this year, helping tackle increasing risks from a ...
Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who ...
China rescues seven miners after 14 days trapped underground
By Dominique Patton
Chinese rescuers pulled seven gold miners to safety on Sunday 14 days after they were trapped by an underground explosion, state broadcaster CCTV reported, with at least four ...
Coronavirus: A year after Wuhan lockdown, China reports small rise in Covid-19 cases
By Andrew Galbraith and Winni Zhou
China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of Covid-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, ...
Twitter locks account of China’s U.S. embassy over its defence of Xinjiang policy
Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policy towards Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, which the U.S. social media ...
China imposes sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials including Pompeo
China said on Wednesday it wanted to cooperate with President Joe Biden’s new U.S. administration, while announcing sanctions against “lying and cheating” outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...
Quake death toll at 73 as Indonesia struggles with string of disasters
By Stanley Widianto and Agustinus Beo Da Costa
At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) ...
Sherpas successfully complete first winter summit of K2; Spanish climber killed
A team of climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2, the world’s second tallest peak.
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Truths and lies about China’s Xinjiang
by His Excellency Liu Yantao, Ambassador of China to Cyprus
There has been a long list of negative reports in the western media about China’s Xinjiang recently, which consisted ...
North Korea shows off new submarine-launched missiles after rare party congress
North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, capping more than a week of political meetings ...
Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds (update)
A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia‘s island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks as authorities warned ...
China Covid-19 cases surge to high in over 10 months; WHO team arrives
China reported its biggest jump in Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in northeastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of a major national holiday ...
Chinese city of Langfang goes into lockdown amid new Covid-19 threat
The Chinese city of Langfang near Beijing went into lockdown on Tuesday as new coronavirus infections raised worries about a second wave in a country that has mostly contained COVID-19.
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Indonesia retrieves ‘black box’ from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane
Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The ...
Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat
Authorities in China introduced new COVID-19 curbs in areas surrounding Beijing on Tuesday, putting 4.9 million residents under lockdown as new infections raised worries about a second wave in a nation ...
Sriwijaya Air crash places Indonesia’s aviation safety under fresh spotlight
Indonesia’s poor air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea minutes after take-off on Saturday, marking the ...
Olympics-80% want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed – Japanese survey
About 80% of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed as worries mount about a record surge in coronavirus cases across the country, a ...
Indonesia finds body parts, debris, detects emergency signal of crashed jet
Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, ...