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Coastguard reports 4km oil slick as strong winds hamper cleanup efforts after 25 die in the Philippines and TaiwanIn pictures: monsoon rains strike the PhilippinesThe Philippines coastguard said it was “racing against time” to contain a massive oil spi…
The co-founder of Greenpeace will be taken to court where a decision will be made about his extradition to Japan, police sayProminent anti-whaling environmentalist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland on Sunday under an international arrest warra…
Group from Cornell College and a Chinese person who tried to help have non life-threatening injuries after attack in Jilin provinceFour US college instructors teaching in China have been stabbed while visiting a public park, US officials have said.The …
UK defence secretary, Grant Shapps, made claim as Russia begins fresh offensive in north-east of Ukraine with strikes on KharkivSee all our Ukraine war coverageJoe Biden’s administration has challenged a claim by the British defence secretary, Grant Sh…
PM Han Duk-soo said the government ‘humbly accepted’ the election result, which severely dents the political power of the president Senior ruling party politicians in South Korea have offered to resign to take responsibility for its heavy defeat in Wed…
Officials are trying to reach more than 100 people cut off by a quake that has killed at least 10 and injured about 1,000 peopleRescue teams are trying to reach more than 100 people trapped in mining areas and a national park after the strongest earthq…
Cholesterol-lowering supplements containing ‘beni koji’ recalled by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical over possible link to kidney diseaseA nationwide recall of a dietary supplement that lowers cholesterol has been issued in Japan amid concerns it could be link…
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militantsPhilippine forces were on high alert after a bomb killed four people and wounded many more during a Catholic mass in a university g…
Talks expected on Monday would be first since Obama administration and follow visit to Washington by Wang Yi, Chinese foreign minister China and the United States will reportedly discuss nuclear arms control next week, the first such talks since the O…
Foreign ministry says bots posted conspiracy theories, lies and abuse as comments on feeds including that of prime minister Justin TrudeauThe Canadian government has said it has detected a China-linked campaign that involved bots posting disinformation…
Germany calls for rights of civilians to be guaranteed amid concerns for Armenians in disputed regionNagorno-Karabakh separatists were expected to lay down their arms on Saturday under an agreement reached with the Azerbaijan government following its l…
Secretary of state says US takes ‘very, very seriously’ incidents of transnational repression amid dispute over killing of Sikh separatist in British ColumbiaThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has called on India to cooperate with Canada and e…
Ukraine claims to have seized the village of Andriivka in Donetsk; Lukashenko says Belarus has been supplying Russia with fuelSee all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading…
Azerbaijan had restricted separatist region’s conduit to Armenian territory, forcing concession on Azeris’ own decades-old demandsAzerbaijan’s government and separatist Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh appeared to strike a deal reopening two disputed tran…
Legal experts and bloggers say proposed crimes could be used arbitrarily and lead to more censorshipProposed changes to a Chinese public security law to criminalise comments, clothing or symbols that “undermine the spirit” or “harm the feelings” of Chi…