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Newspaper prints 500,000 copies, up from 100,000, as readers queue for hours to buy pro-democracy tabloidHong Kong residents have rallied behind the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after its founder Jimmy Lai was detained under a controversial nati…
Read MoreWhile the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far spared the Pacific, its economies are in free-fall, the region’s chief diplomat warnsBeyond the health and economic crises of Covid-19, the global pandemic has the potential to cause political instabi…
Read MoreNGOs also targeted in tit-for-tat measure arising from Hong Kong security crackdownChina has placed sanctions on 11 US citizens, including legislators and the heads of several US-based non-governmental organisations, in the latest tit-for-tat measure o…
Read MoreAlex Azar is the most senior US official to visit Taipei in 40 years, threatening to escalate US-China tensionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US health secretary, Alex Azar, has met with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen…
Read MoreThe media mogul has had repeated run-ins with authorities and has vowed to resist rule by the mainlandHong Kong national security police have arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai under suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. It marks the most high-profi…
Read MoreExclusive: Taneti Maamau says Kiribati will seek support from China and other allies to elevate islands from the sea, partly through dredgingKiribati will raise its islands above the ocean as part of its fight against sea-level rise, seeking help from …
Read MoreThe PM promised transformative government, but has so far largely maintained the status quoJacinda Ardern was travelling in a taxi in July 2017, two months before the election that would make her prime minister, when arguably the most important message…
Read MoreLeading pro-democracy figure detained over alleged foreign collusion as police search Apple Daily officesProfile: a pro-democracy tycoon who is not afraid to take on BeijingOne of Hong Kong’s most strident pro-democracy figures has been arrested and th…
Read MoreNew law in Shenzhen means buildings can be developed with 95%, rather than 100%, support from residents – promoting concern over erosion of rightsThey stand as eyesores to most passers by and potential public health risks to authorities, decaying build…
Read MoreThe release was a condition for peace talks agreed by the US and the TalibanAfghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 “hardcore” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost two decades of war.Under election-year pressure …
Read MoreUS nears milestone as Trump extends jobless aid; NZ warns against complacency; Australia records deadliest day of pandemic to dateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US is nearing the grim milestone of 5 million confirmed Co…
Read MoreStatement signed by Rowan Williams, bishops, imams and rabbis says Chinese Muslim minority faces ‘human tragedy’Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, is among more than 70 faith leaders publicly declaring that the Uighurs are facing “one…
Read MoreEmployer aims to remove stigma in a nation where menstruation is still taboo to some Indian food delivery company Zomato has said it will give female employees up to 10 days of “period leave” a year, as part of an effort to combat what it said was stig…
Read MoreBoeing 737 crashed on landing in heavy rain, killing at least 18, including the two pilotsFlight data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered from the wreckage of an Indian passenger aircraft that crashed in the southern state of Kerala.The Air…
Read MoreBritish-Pakistani filmmaker tackles sexual stereotypes in groundbreaking new drama series, Churails A burqa-clad boxer, a high-society wedding planner and an ex-convict may sound more like the wish list for the next series of Big Brother, but they are …
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