Story Archive
2021-05-27
The Kachin man left his hair salon in Yangon to undergo tough training in a remote border area.
2021-05-27
Bloc sent letter asking sponsors of draft General Assembly resolution to remove clause on weapons sales, Liechtenstein’s U.N. mission says.
2021-05-27
Zaytunhan Ismail was sent to an internment camp after scolding a drunk man for yelling at his wife.
2021-05-27
Authorities are warning of severe punishment for anyone who turns up at Victoria Park this year in defiance of the ban.
2021-05-27
Hospitals in and around the capital, Taipei, are running out of isolation ward and ICU beds, a doctors' union says.
2021-05-27
Wang Jingyu is freed after being arrested by police while transiting Dubai airport.
2021-05-27
Actor and former professional wrestling champion John Cena posted a video message on social media in which he apologized in Chinese for his "mistake" in describing the self-governing democratic island of Taiwan, over which China claims sovereignty, as a country while promoting the latest "Fast and Furious" film. The 17-time WWE professional wrestling champion was the latest Westerner to trigger China's nationalistic population and prickly government, which uses the lure of its huge market as a weapon to get its way on unrelated political issues.
2021-05-26
While non-binding, a ruling of genocide could force states to rethink their ties to Beijing.
2021-05-26
A plan to boost potency with herbal ingredients raised methanol content to toxic levels, authorities say.
2021-05-26
Rights groups call for early releases of prisoners nearing the end of their sentences to help slow the spread of the disease.
2021-05-26
The ultimate goal is the repatriation of the Rohingya to their homeland, said Volkan Bozkir, who traveled to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
2021-05-26
Junta and anti-junta forces blame each other for attacks on schools and hospitals.
2021-05-26
More than 40,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting between military and local militia.
2021-05-26
Monitoring will be strengthened in contested waters where Manila has complained about incursions by hundreds of Chinese ships, the Coast Guard says.
2021-05-26
Independent journalist Le Van Dung had used Facebook to transmit information on social issues such as land disputes and corruption.
