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Database known as the ‘Karakax list’ shows people sent to internment camps for reasons such as ‘minor religious infection’Growing a beard, wearing a veil or accidentally visiting a foreign website were among the justifications for sending Uighurs to Ch…
US citizen, 60, died of virus, while Japan says citizen who died had symptoms of virusA US national in China has become the first foreigner confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus, while a Japanese man also died after experiencing symptoms cons…
Opposition links violence to Narendra Modi’s BJP party and tensions over citizenship lawStudents have protested in cities across India after a masked mob stormed a high-profile university in Delhi and attacked students and teachers with weapons includi…
People stranded in evacuation centres and at ports as Typhoon Phanfone passes over string of islandsTyphoon Phanfone has pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions. Thousands were strande…
Two more people have died from injuries sustained during the eruption on White IslandTwo more people have died from injuries sustained during the eruption of New Zealand’s White Island volcano, bringing the confirmed death toll from the disaster to eig…
Nation lifts two-day curfew amid rise in mandatory vaccinations and arrest of ‘anti-vaxxer’Samoa has said nearly 90% of eligible people have been vaccinated against measles as it lifted a two-day curfew imposed amid an outbreak that has killed 65 in re…
President says China has plenty of money amid market jitters about trade talks and Beijing vow to be ‘strong backup’ for Hong Kong policeDonald Trump has called for the World Bank to stop lending money to China, a day after the institution adopted a l…
China Daily newspaper accuses protesters of being at mercy of hormones, and venting anger ‘at grievances real and imagined’Chinese state media on Monday urged authorities to take a “tougher line” against protesters in Hong Kong who vandalised the offic…
Launch comes day after regime called US secretary of state ‘impudent’ and questioned his ability in nuclear talksJapan’s Coast Guard has said it has detected a suspected ballistic missile launch from North Korea on Saturday that, if confirmed, would be…
Batons and pepper spray used on protesters as flights suspended for second dayPolice armed with batons and pepper spray have clashed with thousands of protestors at Hong Kong’s international airport after they blockaded the departures area of the busy …
Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, underlines ‘one country, two systems’ in call to Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong chief executiveChina has lashed out at the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, after he spoke to Hong Kong’s leader about protests that…
Seoul and Moscow at odds over alleged violation of airspace above disputed islandsSouth Korean jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian warplane violated South Korea’s airspace, Seoul officials have said in an announcement that was quickl…
Dozens more injured after ‘man threw liquid and set fire’ to building, police sayJapan has been plunged into a state of shock after an arson attack on an anime studio left at least 33 people dead and dozens injured in the country’s worst mass murder in…