Curbs on internet services remain five months after India revoked semi-autonomous statusAuthorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir are to restore text messaging services in the disputed region, almost five months after India’s government downgraded its s…
続きを読むAmazon have arrived in force in rapidly expanding Hyderabad, with designs on the currently almost non-existent Indian e-commence marketThe futuristic lobby of the new Amazon building in Hyderabad feels as though it should have a permanent orchestra bla…
続きを読むPolice cannot shoot people ‘because they are panicked or angry’, says Veby Mega IndahIn late September, the journalist Veby Mega Indah stood on a footbridge in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district documenting another day of clashes between anti-government pro…
続きを読むNew Zealand PM says she will never forget phone call with Waring, who was honoured along with choreographer to the stars Parris GoebelThe woman who inspired Jacinda Ardern to enter politics is among those recognised in this year’s New Zealand New Year’…
続きを読むThrough Christchurch, Whakaari, the murder of Grace Millane, it is the Māori rituals, and each other, that sustain usThe phrase “a year that was bookended by tragedy” is too neat, somehow.Tragedy moves through time differently from other events. Time s…
続きを読むOfficial issues stark warning to protesters planning to target shopping and business districts Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financ…
続きを読むHe Jiankui was guilty of illegal practices in trying to alter the genetic makeup of twin girlsA Chinese court has sentenced He Jiankui, the scientist who sparked global controversy last year when he claimed to have created the world’s first “gene-edite…
続きを読むContest is in effect a referendum on the future of the self-governed island’s relationship with ChinaCitizen groups in Taiwan are fighting a Russian-style influence and misinformation campaign that is believed to originate across the strait in mainland…
続きを読むEnd to hostilities is a key demand of Washington before any peace deal could be signed The Taliban’s ruling council has agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, …
続きを読むDictator’s comments come ahead of a year-end deadline for US to soften stance on missile programmeNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for “positive and offensive measures” to ensure security at a ruling party meeting ahead of a year-end deadline…
続きを読むMost Britons were not hostile and helped south Asians and east Africans to settle, says Nitin Mehta, while Jane Lane believes racism needs to be tackled at an early ageKavita Puri, like so many others before her, talks about the racism faced by immigra…
続きを読むSome are trusted aides, others are fixers who work in the shadows. Often unelected and unaccountable, they all have the ear of national leadersThe role of Dominic Cummings in plotting and facilitating Boris Johnson’s drive for power has focused attenti…
続きを読むExperts say vessel was possibly travelling far out to sea for bigger catchesSeven badly decomposed bodies were found in a suspected North Korean fishing boat that washed up on a Japanese island, a coast guard official.The remains were found on Saturday…
続きを読むMenus in sign language and jobs for the hearing impaired are challenging discrimination against those with disabilitiesIt’s not just the bright yellow walls that make the Abey Khao cafe in Islamabad’s Mughal Market stand out. The menu is in sign langua…
続きを読むStorm and flood warnings issued as category two cyclone moves east towards TongaOne person was killed in Fiji and one was missing as tropical cyclone Sarai battered the country with strong wind and heavy rain, authorities said.The Fiji National Disaste…
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