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Residential compounds with suspected cases put under lockdown as outbreak coincides with crucial political event for president Xi Jinping Communist party congress: everything you need to knowChina’s capital, Beijing, has dialled up measures to stop Cov…
Read MoreThree prison staff and five visitors died after the bombs hit a crowd queuing to drop off parcels for inmates at prison housing political detaineesAt least eight people have been killed in explosions at Myanmar’s main prison for political detainees aft…
Read MoreJapan removes strict Covid-19 travel curbs, fuelling hopes a tourist boom will reinvigorate the economyJapan has fully opened its doors to visitors after more than two years of pandemic isolation.On Tuesday, the country reinstated visa-free travel to d…
Read MoreMedia groups and activists describe assassination of radio star, known on air as Percy Lapid, as a blow to press freedomA prominent Philippine journalist has been shot dead while driving in the country’s capital, Manila, according to police, prompting …
Read MoreIndian air force searches for remainder of group consisting of 34 mountaineering trainees and seven instructorsAt least four people died and several others were missing in the Indian Himalayas after a group of 41 mountaineers was hit by an avalanche on…
Read MoreOfficers investigated after teargas fired and at least 125 people, including 32 children, killed in crushAn Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the fi…
Read MoreChurch official says he was upset to hear suspect told police his anger towards church led to attack on former Japanese PMThe Unification Church, whose close ties with Japan’s governing party have emerged after the assassination of former prime ministe…
Read MoreMalaysian defence contractor fled before sentencing in US over bribery scheme that lasted more than a decade and involved dozens of US navy officersA Malaysian defence contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scand…
Read MoreRonson Chan was due to travel to the UK when he was arrested for ‘obstructing police’The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union was charged with obstructing police on Monday, 10 days before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship at…
Read MoreNo date given for end of extended lockdown in city that is a crucial supplier of Apple productsChengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hope…
Read MoreChina’s military says it is monitoring the US ships, maintaining a high alert and ready to defeat any provocationsThe US Navy said two warships were sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such operation since …
Read MoreSome of the artefacts, which range from the bronze age to the 12th century, were stolen from ancient Khmer capital Koh KerThe United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities …
Read MoreBeijing also targets relatives of US House speaker as major military activity continues around Taiwan Taiwan crisis – liveChina’s government has announced sanctions against the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, for “vicious and provocative actions” in go…
Read MoreSouth Korea calls for dialogue and Japan conveys concerns over drills, while North Korea praises ChinaThe historic visit to Taiwan of the US House of Representatives speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has provoked a furious response from China, and heightened fear…
Read MoreChristopher Wray joins Ken McCallum in London, calling Beijing the ‘biggest long-term threat to economic security’The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency have delivered an unprecedented joint address raising fresh a…
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