For the first time, Hong Kong will not host an official memorial for the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as the city’s national security law takes full effect.Every year for more than three decades, Hong Kong people have gathered ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week urged a reported 100,000 local government officials to immediately take action to “stabilise” the situation in China amid upset and anger over the fallout from its commitment to ‘zero COVID’.Speaking over video link...
Taipei, Taiwan – The United States and Taiwan are reportedly working on a deal to enhance economic cooperation in areas like trade, agriculture and supply chains, after the self-ruled island was excluded from US President Joe Biden’s economic framework...
Taiwan has indefinitely delayed a scheme that would have made it easier for professionals from Hong Kong and Macau to become permanent residents or citizens, after concerns from lawmakers about possible infiltration by Chinese agents.The scheme by the ...
When Carrie Lam became Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017, she promised to heal a society divided by the Umbrella Protests of three years before. But as her term comes to an end, and former policeman and security chief John Lee takes the reins, the Ch...
Operations halted at factories in eastern China’s Kunshan after COVID-19 cases reported, report says.A subsidiary of Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has closed two factories outside of Shanghai after new Covid-19 cases were reported on site, th...
Taipei, Taiwan – Before the pandemic, Taipei’s Yongkang Street was a top tourist destination, catering to visitors who would snack on spring onion pancakes, bubble tea and mango ice in between browsing gift shops and upscale boutiques.The area was so p...
Taipei, Taiwan – Every year on May 8, the Japanese engineer Hatta Yochi is honoured as a deity for overseeing the construction of the Wushantou Reservoir and the Chianan Irrigation Canal that transformed Taiwanese agriculture a century ago by allowing ...
Teo Boon Ching, a ‘middleman’ in a global criminal network, was arrested after negotiating a sale of horns to an undercover source.Teo Boon Ching, a Malaysian wildlife trafficker known by a range of aliases including the Godfather, has been jailed for ...
Canada is the world’s doormat.A big, insecure nation that pleads to be taken seriously as an indispensable global “player” is, instead, largely considered an inconsequential afterthought – a perpetual minor-leaguer in the major leagues of international...
A report has suggested that Nayanthara is not too pleased with Atlee for chopping her role in Jawan and giving more importance to Deepika Padukone in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer.Nayanthara made a strong debut in Hindi films with Jawan, her first foray i...
Russia’s Ministry of Defence did not release information regarding possible casualties or damage in the latest air raid.Russian aerial defence systems destroyed a wave of 19 Ukrainian drones that were launched overnight in attacks against targets in th...
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti also described Trudeau's allegations as "troubling" and underlined the importance of following principles of international law, sovereignty and non interference.The US on Wednesday favoured a thorough investigation ...
