Transport links shuttered as Asia’s strongest storm this year drenches southern China and will impact Vietnam and Laos. Powerful gales and heavy rain brought by Super Typhoon Yagi hit southern China as more than 400,000 people were forced to evacuate with the storm approaching Hainan province. Packing maximum sustained winds…
Guo fled the Philippines two months ago as the Senate investigated her alleged links to Chinese cyberscams. Alice Guo, a former mayor who went on the run after she was accused of links to Chinese organised crime, has arrived back in the Philippines, where she is expected to be brought…
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian workers who paid thousands of dollars to travel to the United Kingdom to pick fruit say they face the prospect of returning home heavily in debt after being sacked for not meeting unrealistic targets. Migrant worker Abdul said he departed for the UK in May with nine…
President Xi Jinping pledges investment and loans at summit. China promises African nations $50b in loans and funding at a summit of leaders in Beijing. It underlines the country’s position as the continent’s number one investor. What does this investment mean for Africa, China and its Western rivals? Presenter: James…
Religious leaders meet at Istiqlal Mosque and sign declaration calling for ‘religious harmony for the sake of humanity’. Pope Francis and Nasaruddin Umar, the grand imam of Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque, have signed a joint declaration calling for interfaith friendship, taking a stand against religious violence and urging unified action to…
New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch. The choice of Nga Wai hono i te po Paki was welcomed as a symbol of change for the Indigenous community. She is the youngest child and only daughter of King Tuheitia, who died last week. After…
Wellington, New Zealand – When Jessica Chong started sending out invitations for a recent party to celebrate her and her partner’s birthdays in Auckland, New Zealand, she realised that few of their closest friends would be able to attend. In the last few months, most of them had moved overseas….
Seoul city gov’t issued text alerts advising people to stay indoors and be cautious of objects falling from the sky. South Korea says it has detected balloons likely carrying trash launched by North Korea, in the latest round of a months-long campaign that Pyongyang says is retaliation against against South…
A former senior aide to two New York governors has been charged with acting as a secret agent for the Chinese government by United States authorities. Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, was charged on multiple counts…
African leaders are converging in China this week for an anticipated high-level meeting with President Xi Jinping as Beijing continues to befriend and expand its influence on the continent amid a silent face-off with Western countries. The China-Africa summit, which will last from September 4 to 6, will see leaders…
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