Hong Kong’s new police chief has called for a “fake news” law to tackle “hostility against the police”, in...
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June 2019 The first protests begin in Hong Kong, with millions of people taking to the street in protest against a...
Amid the heavily politicised debate, a lot of evidence now points to a natural spillover event – but other...
The identification of the body of Artin Iran Nezhad in Norway brings a tragic migration story to an end. Artin, aged...
Loved ones and fellow competitors of 21 runners who died in extreme weather during an ultramarathon in north-west China are seeking...
A driver on one of Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains is facing disciplinary measures after he abandoned his cab to go to the...
At least 90 more bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims have washed up in rivers in India, as the virus continues...
Nepal is struggling to contain an explosion in Covid-19 cases, as fears grow that the situation in the Himalayan...
India has suffered its worst day yet of the pandemic, as both new Covid-19 cases and deaths broke previous records...
Hope is fading for the 53 crew members on a missing Indonesian submarine, as the search for the vessel...
Prosecutors in Taiwan have charged a truck driver with negligent homicide over his role in the island’s worst rail disaster in...
Htet Htet Win and her husband were late returning home on Sunday night. It was past the junta-imposed 8pm...