Asia Pacific
Ramos-Horta leads in East Timor election, with chance of runoff
Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta secured a commanding lead in East Timor’s presidential poll at the weekend with two-thirds of the vote counted, ...East Timor, Asia’s youngest nation, votes for president
Polls have closed in East Timor after Asia’s youngest nation held its fifth presidential election since independence on Saturday, with political stability ...Earthquake jolts Japan’s northeast coast, cuts power in Tokyo
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted Japan’s northeast coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo where ...Thousands of Australians return to ‘uninhabitable’ homes as floods recede
Thousands of Australians returned to their homes on Thursday after torrential rains eased and floodwaters receded as authorities ramped up clean-up efforts ...North Korea resumes missile tests with first launch in a month
North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Sunday, military officials in South Korea and Japan said, in what would ...Quake rattles Indonesia’s Sumatra island killing at least 2 people
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, killing at least two people and ...From Tokyo to New York, thousands protest against invasion of Ukraine
Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday ...COVID vaccine supply for global programme outstrips demand for first time
The global project to share COVID-19 vaccines is struggling to place more than 300 million doses in the latest sign the problem ...Australia’s border reopens to international visitors
Australia on Monday fully reopened its international borders to travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus after nearly two years of pandemic-related closings as ...Australia reopens borders for all vaccinated travellers
Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to ...














