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Chinese authorities seek out COVID protesters
Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, three people who were ...Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as anger over China’s COVID curbs mounts
Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers early on Sunday evening, as protests flared in China ...Huge COVID protests erupt in China’s Xinjiang after deadly fire
Rare protests broke out in China’s far western Xinjiang region, with crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered anger ...China regulator says Tesla recalls more than 80,000 cars
Tesla Inc is recalling more than 80,000 China-made and imported cars produced from as early as 2013, for software and seat belt ...Malaysia’s Anwar appointed prime minister, ending decades-long wait
Malaysia’s king appointed long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister on Thursday and he will be sworn in at 5 p.m. ...Search for survivors as Indonesia quake toll soars
An earthquake that struck Indonesia’s West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster relief ...Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162
The death toll from a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has risen to 162 with hundreds injured and over 13,000 displaced, ...New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory
New Zealand’s highest court ruled on Monday that the country’s current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether ...COP27 deal delivers landmark on ‘loss and damage’, but little else
Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being ...North Korea fires long-range missile landing near Japan, draws condemnation
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that Japanese officials said had sufficient range to reach the mainland of ...














