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Riverside restaurant owner Titiporn Jutimanon was convinced a bout of flooding in Thailand could be the end of a business already struggling from the pandemic. But with the rising tide of the Chao Phraya River this week came an unexpecte…
A group of 20 men hold British passports and call for help for themselves and their families to leave Afghanistan in a recorded message aimed at UK officials. More than 60 British nationals stranded in Afghanistan have criticised the UK gover…
Taiwan needs to be on alert for China’s ‘over-the-top’ military activities which are violating regional peace, Premier Su Tseng-chang has said after incursions by Chinese warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence zone. China has sent near…
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A giant ‘moon’ rolled to freedom in Henan province after it escaped festival celebrations. It was not the first time a large inflatable satellite went rogue: in 2016 another model moon was blown into the streets of Fuzhou in south-east China during Typ…
Chinese president Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.Xi made the announcement in his statement del…
More than a dozen women staged a protest in Kabul on Sunday, holding up signs calling for the participation of women in public life. The protest came as female government employees in Kabul were told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who c…
China has launched an emergency response after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the south-western province of Sichuan on Thursday, killing at least three people. A total of 6,904 people have been evacuated and dozens injured, according to state media …
The UN’s rights spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, received reports of house-to-house searches for Afghan demonstrators during the Taliban’s violent crackdown on protests against their rule that has already led to four documented deaths.The UN has said T…
Two reporters from Kabul have said they were beaten for about 10 minutes by at least six men then locked in a cell, after reporting on protests in Panjshir valley. An acting Taliban minister, who declined to be identified, said attacks on journali…
Civil defence units and health personnel wearing gas masks and hazmat suits featured in celebrations in Pyongyang to mark the 73rd anniversary of North Korea’s founding, in a departure from previous militaristic displays Continue reading…
Video released by the Taliban shows the militants raising their flag outside the governor’s office in the capital of Panjshir province, the last major holdout since Kabul fell in August. The Taliban say they’ve captured the mountain valley wh…
Country’s ‘foremost conceptual artist’ exhibited alongside Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein in pop art’s heydayPioneering New Zealand artist Billy Apple has died overnight, aged 85.The irreverent Auckland-raised artist, born Barrie Bates, was a major c…
‘I’m in hiding, not only me but other colleagues. There’s still some gunfire at night-time. We are living in horror. I’m running out of cash with my family’Mahmood* is an Afghan interpreter who worked for New Zealand forces during their deployment in A…
Afghan resistance fighters clashed with the Taliban in the Panjshir valley, the final province holding out against hardline Islamist control. Celebratory gunfire rang out across Kabul late on Friday as rumours spread that the valley had fallen. The Tal…