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China fires ballistic missiles into the sea off Taiwan

Unprecedented Chinese live-fire maritime drills got underway on Thursday with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launching ballistic missiles into the…

2 years ago

Smallpox outbreak rips through displaced persons’ camp

Smallpox, which was thought to have been eradicated in 1977, is spreading quickly across the population of an internally displaced…

2 years ago

China may fire missiles over Taiwan as part of live-fire drills

Unprecedented Chinese live-fire maritime drills got underway on Thursday with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) threatening to fire missiles over…

2 years ago

Vietnamese garment manufacturers struggle to comply with U.S. ban on Xinjiang cotton

Vietnam’s heavy reliance on cotton imports from China could lead it to fall foul of a U.S. ban on cotton…

2 years ago

ASEAN ratchets up criticism of Myanmar junta as Russian FM visits Naypyidaw

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ratcheted up its criticism of member state Myanmar’s junta on Wednesday, as Russia’s…

2 years ago

North Korean authorities try to stop rise in street prostitution in cities

North Korean authorities are scrambling to deter a rapid rise in prostitution in the country’s major cities as a dire…

2 years ago

English Football League reviewing files linking Cambodian diplomat to soccer club

Evidence linking Cambodian diplomat Wang Yaohui to Birmingham City Football Club is now in the possession of the English Football…

2 years ago

China arrests Taiwanese man for ‘separatism’ as Pelosi departs democratic island

As U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a stopover that angered China, authorities in the eastern Chinese…

2 years ago

Hong Kong to pursue Canada-based political activists under national security law

Authorities in Hong Kong said on Wednesday they will pursue three Canada-based activists who recently announced they would set up…

2 years ago

Tibetan festival allowed by China to resume after 20-year ban

A Tibetan community festival, banned for 20 years after the arrest of a popular religious leader, has been allowed by…

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