China’s “Two Sessions” congress that began this week is the country’s most important political event of the year. To understand what’s at stake, it helps to… Read More »‘Two Sessions’ congress: The economic goals in Chinese leaders’ coded language
Indonesian palm oil companies have been playing a dangerous game: burning forests to clear land that has already been dried out by their activities – just… Read More »How palm oil companies are illegally burning forests to clear land in Indonesia
South Korea is in shock after at least 150 people, mostly young revellers in costumes, died on Saturday night in a massive stampede during Halloween festivities in… Read More »In pictures: Shock, grief following South Korea’s Halloween tragedy
Issued on: 21/10/2022 – 19:10 Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s assurances that the country’s youth are “living an extraordinary time”, recent statistics tell a vastly different story:… Read More »‘I feel like I’ve been abandoned by the world’: Chinese youth hit by record unemployment
Issued on: 25/09/2022 – 18:00 Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines Sunday, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and… Read More »Super Typhoon Noru batters the Philippines, forcing thousands to flee
Issued on: 01/09/2022 – 18:05 Despite international pressure, Taliban authorities have banned teenage girls from going to school in most Afghan provinces, denying an entire… Read More »‘I don’t want to be illiterate’: Afghan girls defy Taliban school ban
Issued on: 16/08/2022 – 09:25 China on Tuesday imposed sanctions including an entry ban on seven Taiwanese officials and lawmakers it accused of being “independence… Read More »China sanctions seven Taiwan ‘independence diehard’ officials
Issued on: 09/08/2022 – 03:28 Taiwan’s military began a live-fire artillery drill Tuesday simulating the defence of the island against an attack after days of… Read More »Taiwan conducts live-fire drills in wake of Chinese pressure
Issued on: 06/08/2022 – 10:42 Reiko Yamada was 11 years-old on August 6, 1945, when the US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the… Read More »On Hiroshima attack anniversary, survivors share history’s lessons
Issued on: 04/08/2022 – 03:59 China is due on Thursday to kick off its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan, in a show of force straddling… Read More »China set to begin ‘live fire drills’ around Taiwan on Thursday after Pelosi visit
