Asia Pacific
China summons Japan envoy over former PM Abe’s comments on Taiwan
China’s foreign ministry summoned Japan’s ambassador in Beijing for an “emergency meeting” on Wednesday, after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said ...Singapore, Malaysia reopen land border amid worries over the Omicron variant
Singapore and Malaysia reopened one of the world’s busiest land borders on Monday, allowing vaccinated travellers to cross after nearly two years ...Thailand doubles 2021 visitor numbers after easing quarantine rules
Thailand has received more than 100,000 visitors after launching a scheme earlier this month that allowed vaccinated tourists to skip quarantine, an ...Asian and European countries, alarmed by new COVID variant, tighten curbs
Asian countries rushed to tighten restrictions after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with Singapore and ...Vietnam’s resort island welcomes first tourists after nearly 2 yrs
Two hundred vaccinated foreign tourists arrived in Vietnam’s beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc on Saturday, the first wave of visitors to the ...Philippines tells China to ‘back off’ after South China Sea standoff
The Philippines on Thursday condemned “in strongest terms” the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used ...Xi warns of Taiwan ‘red line’, Biden raises human rights in three hour talk
U.S. President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart on Beijing’s human rights practices, in an over three-hour call on Monday, while Xi ...U.N. climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal
U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global ...Argument over coal phase-out holds up UN climate conference deal
Last-minute wrangling over commitments to phase out coal power held up a deal at the U.N. climate conference on Saturday that conference ...U.S. journalist Fenster jailed for 11 years in army-ruled Myanmar
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said, dealing ...
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