Chinese authorities have formally indicted 10 of the 12 activists arrested in August while attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat. Late on Wednesday the Yantian District People’s Procuratorate said two of the 12 were accused of organising an illegal...
Chinese authorities have detained a citizen who works for Bloomberg news in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, in the latest incident to increase pressure on foreign media outlets in China. Haze Fan was seen being escorted from her apartment by...
The mission aims to bring lunar samples back to Earth for what will be the first time in around 40 years. It is hoped that laboratory analysis of the samples back on Earth could help give scientists an insight into...
The international community must join together in resisting China’s expansionism and preventing an invasion of Taiwan by sharing intelligence, rethinking Chinese business ties and boosting Taipei’s presence on the world stage, Taiwan’s foreign minister has said. In an interview with the Guardian,...
Six suspected supporters of a leading Indonesian Islamic cleric were killed in a clash with police on Monday, according to Jakrta’s chief of police. The incident occurred just after midnight on Sunday a highway when a police car was attacked...
A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure has begun in Beijing, with his accuser calling it a major moment in the country’s nascent #MeToo movement. Zhou Xiaoxuan prompted a social media storm in 2018 when she accused...
China’s state-media said the country will address its rapidly ageing population as part of the 2021-2025 new measures. Since the pandemic began, China has recorded 4,634 deaths related to the coronavirus and more than 86 thousand COVID-19 cases. On Monday, China...
Snow at Base Camp and streams along the trekking routes close to the Khumbu Glacier are also affected. Samples collected revealed substantial amounts of polyester, acrylic, nylon and polypropylene fibres. The materials are being used to make high-performance clothing worn...
When he wasn’t chasing stories, Elyas Dayee loved tending to his flowers, cooking with his wife and playing with his toddler daughter, the only survivor of triplets, now bereft that her father has stopped coming home, and too young to...
PATNA: In a statement that may ruffle many feathers, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on..
