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In New Year's speech, Taiwan president warns China against 'military adventurism'

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: Military conflict...

Asia keeps Omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitable

Much of Asia has largely managed to keep Omicron at bay even as the variant...

US calls on China and Hong Kong to release Stand News employees

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (Dec 29) called on Chinese and Hong...

Hong Kong leader says Stand News arrests not aimed at media industry

A Hong Kong police raid on a pro-democracy media organisation and the arrest of seven...

China's Xi'an marks first week of lockdown as COVID-19 cases persist

A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xi'an entered its seventh...

Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy Stand News outlet, arrest 6

Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet...

Philippines lifts ban on new open-pit mines

The Philippines has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, an official said on...

Delta cites new China COVID rules after flight returns to U.S.

Delta Air Lines on Monday cited new Chinese cleaning requirements after it rerouted a China-bound...

Hong Kong Apple Daily founder and staff face new sedition charge

Hong Kong prosecutors on Tuesday (Dec 28) filed a "seditious publications" charge against jailed media...

India restricts foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity

India has moved to cut off foreign funding to a charity founded by Mother Teresa,...

No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: Taliban

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances...

Japan's November retail sales rise for second month

A handful of Myanmar nurses hiding from the junta have been running makeshift clinics to...

China's local COVID-19 cases edge higher as Xi'an enters 5th day of lockdown

China's local symptomatic coronavirus cases crept up again, with most new infections reported in the...

India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan 10

India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and frontline...

Hong Kong retailers forge new path without mainland Chinese tourists

Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who...

Charity's staff missing in deadly Myanmar attack that left bodies burnt

Aid group Save the Children said it was suspending operations in Myanmar's strife-torn Kayah state...