S. Korea to suspend 25% of coal plants to fight pollution
South Korea will suspend up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants in the next three months, even as demand for electricity peaks during the bitter winter, as it…
Hong Kong police enter ransacked campus after protest siege
by Anthony WALLACE / Daniel SUEN Hong Kong police on Thursday entered a ransacked university campus where authorities faced off for days with barricaded pro-democracy protesters, gathering a huge haul…
China says developed countries lack ‘political will’ on climate goals
Beijing on Wednesday accused developed countries including the US of doing too little to curb global warming, ahead of a UN summit discussing controversial issues including climate compensation. China is…
Bangladesh court sentences Islamist extremists to death for 2016 cafe attack
Seven Islamist extremists have been sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court over a savage 2016 attack that killed 22 people including 18 foreigners at a Dhaka cafe popular with…
US teen’s TikTok video on Xinjiang goes viral
A TikTok post by a young woman, pretending to give eyelash curling advice while actually condemning China's crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang, has gone viral on the Chinese-owned app that…
Netizens charmed by PM Lee & Ho Ching’s ‘Arc de Triomphe’ pose in South Korea
Singapore's number one power couple, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ho Ching, the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings, displayed a softer side in recent photos taken…
Hong Kong college campus searched, just one protester found
Officials at a Hong Kong university where police and protesters clashed violently a week ago said Tuesday they had searched the entire campus and found just one remaining holdout in…
Australian gran wins Malaysia drugs death sentence appeal
by M. Jegathesan An Australian grandmother won her final appeal against a death sentence for trafficking in Malaysia on Tuesday and walked free, after claiming she fell for an online…
China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong rights bill
China has summoned the US ambassador to demand that the United States scrap legislation backing Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, or "bear all the consequences", the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The…
Australian police open probe into ‘Chinese spy’ claims
Australian police have opened an investigation into explosive claims by a self-styled Chinese spy who defected Down Under with an apparent trove of sensitive intelligence. The Australian Federal Police announced…