- Asia Pacific, Environment, Europe, Extreme weather, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South and Central Asia, Spain, World news
Weather tracker: heavy rainfall across India, Japan and Hong Kong causes widespread disruption
Hong Kong hit by 350mm of rain in 24 hours, while mountainous state of Uttarakhand badly affected by landslide…
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Europe, Israel-Gaza war, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, World news
Ukraine conflict could be ‘frozen’ sooner rather than later, says Poland’s Tusk after talk with Zelenskyy – as it happened
Ukrainian president says ‘reliable peace essential for all’ after speaking to Polish PM on Friday morning, Tru…
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Alarm in China that efforts to control Chikungunya virus are infringing on rights
Many say control measure for mosquito-borne disease hark back to the zero-Covid era, in which people’s daily l…
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Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says
Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering cal…
- Asia Pacific, Gaza, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, US foreign policy
Indonesia says it will treat 2,000 of Gaza’s wounded on uninhabited Galang island
Muslim-majority Indonesia says the plan to treat wounded Palestinians in island’s medical facility is a tempor…
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How a teenage bullying incident spiralled into city-wide protests in China
The attack left a girl of 14 with minor injuries, but why did it spark such furious protests in the city of Ji…
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Trump claims to have reached ‘historic’ peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The two sworn enemies went to war twice over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan eventually…
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South Korea postpones decision to let Google Maps work properly – again
The country is one of only a handful – alongside China and North Korea – where the app fails to function as it…
- Donald Trump, India, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, Tariffs, Trump tariffs, US news, World news
Modi ready to ‘pay a heavy price’ as India seeks to resist Trump tariffs
Foreign ministry calls 50% levy ‘unjustified and unreasonable’ and accuses US of double standardsThe Indian pr…