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Authorities axe flights and school classes as typhoon closes in, with China’s Hainan and Guangdong provinces also on high alertHong Kong issued its highest tropical cyclone warning as Typhoon Wipha battered the city, with authorities cancelling school …
Record downpours sweep north across the country, triggering landslidesHeavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people with 11 others unaccounted for in the intense downpours.Close to 170mm (6.7in) of rain hit the resort town of Gapyeong county …
Deportees include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos and MexicoWar-torn South Sudan has said it is holding a group of eight men controversially deported from the United States.Only one of them is from South Sudan. T…
Footage shows animal leaping over wall in Lahore before attack that left victims with face and arm injuriesThe owners of a pet lion that escaped from a farmhouse and injured a woman and her two children in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore have been…
London negotiations end with plan to extend truce, pending approval of Donald Trump and Xi JinpingThe US and China have extended the truce in their trade war after two days of talks in London that resulted in a “framework” deal over export restrictions…
World Trade Organization hails ‘constructive step’ as senior figures come together to discuss tariffsSenior US and Chinese officials held talks early on Saturday in Geneva in a tentative first step towards defusing a trade war that is disrupting the gl…
The New Zealand First member’s bill is a long shot to become law as it has to be selected at random from a ballot and then garner majority supportA populist party in New Zealand’s governing coalition has introduced a bill to parliament that if enacted …
Elections set for 3 June after months of political turmoil triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachmentSouth Korea will hold a presidential election on 3 June, the country’s acting president said on Tuesday, …
Defence secretary’s Philippines visit, aimed at bolstering ties in Asia-Pacific, comes amid rising tensions with Beijing and calls for his resignationThe US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has met with the Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos, in Ma…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
Allegations of crimes against humanity laid out against former Philippines president over his deadly ‘war on drugs’Rodrigo Duterte has become the first Asian former leader to appear before the international criminal court, where he stands accused of co…
The regional command at Ann would be the second regional military command to fall to ethnic rebels in five months, and a huge blow to the militaryA rebel army in Myanmar said it had captured a major military headquarters in the country’s west, marking …
Semiconductor restrictions on China announced by Washington a day earlier prompt retaliation involving critical minerals including gallium and germanium The Chinese government has said it will ban exports to the US of some key components in making semi…
Hong Kong recognises same-sex marriage only in certain circumstances, but court rulings protect access to subsidised housing and inheritanceHong Kong’s top court upheld earlier rulings that favoured subsidised housing benefits and equal inheritance rig…