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Myanmar rejects UN resolution urging arms embargo

Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday (Jun 19) rejected a UN General Assembly resolution calling for...

Taiwanese staff to leave Hong Kong office in 'one China' row

Taiwanese staff working at the island's representative office in Hong Kong will start leaving the...

India says it hopes to resume COVID-19 vaccine exports

India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, wants to resume exports of coronavirus jabs but...

North Korea's Kim tightens ruling party discipline, appoints new politburo members

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reinforced the ruling Workers' Party discipline and appointed...

Hong Kong's Apple Daily executives denied bail under security law

Two executives from Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper appeared in court on Saturday (Jun 19)...

Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers within their hair on Saturday (Jun 19) to mark...

Myanmar footballer to get asylum in Japan

A goalkeeper from Myanmar's national team who raised an anti-coup salute throughout a match outside...

Japan to issue COVID-19 vaccine passport for travel abroad

Japan said on Thursday (Jun 17) it'll make a vaccine passport available from next month...

Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station

The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off on Thursday (Jun 17) for...

China disease expert says COVID-19 origins probe should shift to US

A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the US should be the priority within the next phase...

Vietnam increases anti-dumping tax on some sugar imports from Thailand

Vietnam has imposed an anti-dumping levy of 47.64 % on some sugar products from Thailand...

After massed plane incursion near Taiwan, China says must respond to 'collusion'

China will not tolerate foreign forces intervening in Taiwan issues and must make strong responses...

South Korea failing to tackle widespread digital sex crimes: Human Rights Watch report

South Korean authorities are failing to properly tackle the country's widespread digital sex crimes against...

North Korea's Kim says food situation 'tense' due to COVID-19, typhoons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country's economy improved this season but...

Sri Lanka arrests captain over ship fire pollution

The Russian skipper of a container ship that caught fire and burned for almost two...

Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds COVID-19 for mass graduation

A huge red banner welcomed a lot more than 11,000 students in Wuhan for a...