Chinese Premier Li Qiang says the three countries should view each other as ‘partners and opportunities for development’. China’s No 2 official has urged Japan and South Korea to reject protectionism and uphold globalisation as the countries kicked off their first trilateral summit in almost five years. Chinese Premier Li…
Sanctions-breaking launch follows Pyongyang’s third and successful attempt to launch a spy satellite in November. North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite between May 27 and June 4, after putting its first spy satellite into orbit at the third attempt last November. The Japanese Coastguard said…
Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong resident Mimi Lau regularly heads to Shenzhen to grab a meal with friends or go shopping in one of the Chinese megacity’s many upscale malls. For Lau, who lives in Hong Kong’s New Territories near the border with mainland China, Shenzhen is not only…
UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees. Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property. Clashes have rocked Rakhine State…
Landslide blocked highway access to affected communities making helicopters the easiest way to reach the disaster zone. Rescue teams have arrived at the site of an enormous landslide in Papua New Guinea‘s remote highlands, helping villagers search for hundreds of people feared dead under towering mounds of rubble and mud….
The People’s Liberation Army continues land, sea and air exercises that began on Thursday around the self-ruled island . China’s military has begun its second day of war games around Taiwan, with drills that it said were to test the armed forces’ ability to “seize power” and control key areas…
China conducts exercises in Taiwan Strait days after new Taiwan president was sworn in. China has escalated the scale of its military exercises in the Taiwan Strait over the past two years, while the United States has increased its rhetoric in support of the island. Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan….
US slaps tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing launches an anti-dumping inquiry in response. Chinese imports have helped push down the cost of products like video games, T-shirts and home appliances in the United States. But many American factories say these imports have driven them out of business and cost…
Judges accept petition seeking Srettha Thavisin’s removal over cabinet appointment of lawyer who did jail time. Thailand’s Constitutional Court will examine a plea seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet appointment of a lawyer with a criminal conviction. Judges voted 6-3 on Thursday to accept a petition…
France’s president is visiting the Pacific territory where electoral reform plans have fuelled the worst unrest in more than 30 years. French President Emmanuel Macron has said French soldiers will remain in New Caledonia “as long as necessary” after more than a week of unrest triggered by French plans to…
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