Philippines’ Duterte threatens to end US military pact
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to end a pact key to annual war games with American troops if the US does not restore the travel visa of an official…
China expands transport ban to 13 cities, 41 mln affected
China on Friday added four more cities to a transport ban around the epicentre of a deadly virus, restricting the movement of some 41 million people in 13 cities as…
EU chiefs sign Brexit deal ahead of parliamentary vote
Brussels' two top officials, the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, signed off on Britain's EU divorce agreement Friday. With Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel's…
Year of Rat hails easy ride for Trump but bumps for Harry and Meghan
by Amber Wang with Jerome Taylor in Hong Kong As the world prepares to welcome the Year of the Rat, feng shui masters predict a lucky year for Donald Trump,…
No qualms for India’s hangman before first job of executing rapists
by Aishwarya KUMAR Pawan Kumar feels zero sympathy for the four men he is due to hang next month for a 2012 gang rape and murder that appalled India. "The…
Top UN court rules on Myanmar genocide case
by Danny KEMP The UN's top court will announce Thursday whether it will allow a case accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims to go ahead and if it will…
Actors paid to protest for Huawei exec’s release: media
Protestors outside a Canadian courtroom pressing for the release of a senior Chinese telecommunications executive fighting extradition to the US were paid actors, they told local media. It was not…
Cloud cooking land: Indian housewives become gig economy chefs
by Vishal MANVE Rashmi Sahijwala never expected to start working at the age of 59, let alone join India's gig economy -- now she is part of an army of…
Hong Kong turns holiday camps into quarantine zones as virus fears spike
by Jerome TAYLOR / Xinqi SU Hong Kong will turn two holiday camps, including a former military barracks, into quarantine zones for people who may have come into contact with…
What we know so far about the new China virus
by Helen ROXBURGH As China locks down the city at the epicentre of a new viral outbreak, countries around the world are scrambling to prevent the spread of the deadly…