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Fact-finding team sent by Pakistani government finds contradictions in reports on Arshad Sharif’s deathA team set up by the Pakistani government to investigate the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradict…
June will mark end of system that deemed newborns to be a year old, with a year added every 1 JanuarySouth Korea is to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a change that that will knock one or two years o…
Man accused of fatal stabbing in 2017 executed by victim’s father before senior officialsThe Taliban put to death a man accused of murder in western Afghanistan, its spokesperson said on Wednesday, in the first officially confirmed public execution sin…
Despite daily Covid-19 cases near all-time highs and recent protests over lockdowns, US intelligence see no threat to Xi’s stabilityChinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, …
Testing booths removed in Beijing as cities across China ease commuter rules following unprecedented protestsCovid-19 testing booths were removed in Beijing on Friday, while Shenzhen followed other cities in announcing it would no longer require commut…
MPs expected to pass new criminal code that will also make insulting the president a crimeIndonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that would criminalise sex outside marriage and outlaw insults against the president or …
US secretary of state says Beijing’s ties with Moscow also discussed at alliance meeting after the two countries sent bombers into South Korean airspace Nato allies are concerned about China’s rapid and opaque military buildup and its cooperation with …
Chinese bombers repeatedly entered and left zone but did not violate South Korean airspaceSouth Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered its air defence zone.The Chinese H-6 bombers repeatedly ent…
Protesters in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, blame restrictions for death toll of 10 in apartment block fireProtests have broken out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered an…
Bar on telecommunications products from firms including ZTE, Dahua and Hikvision are part of latest crackdown on Chinese tech giants amid spying fearsThe Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei …
Two countries said their police chiefs were unable to attend video meeting chaired by Chinese and Solomon Islands ministersChina said it held a video meeting to discuss police cooperation with a group of Pacific island nations on Tuesday, however at le…
In China’s capital, cases have hit a record high, testing a recent government commitment to ease its zero-Covid policyBeijing shut parks and museums on Tuesday, and more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for Covid-19, as China fights a fresh nationwi…
Failure of one coalition to achieve simple majority in election could bring further political inertia as country faces slowing growth and rising inflationMalaysia was facing a hung parliament for the first time in its history as support for a conservat…
Pictures show dictator viewing an ICBM launch site with girl whose existence has never been confirmed before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been pictured with his daughter for the first time in photographs showing the pair hand in hand inspecting …
Christopher Wray says the FBI is investigating the existence of stations in New York, which could violate sovereignty The United States is deeply concerned about the Chinese government setting up unauthorised “police stations” in US cities to possibly …