Asia Pacific
China’s Xi calls for fairer world order as rivalry with U.S. deepens
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for a rejection of hegemonic power structures in global governance, amid growing tensions between Washington ...Families reunite as Australia-New Zealand ‘travel bubble’ begins
Hundreds of passengers from Australia began arriving in New Zealand airports on Monday after authorities reopened borders, a pandemic milestone that allows ...New Zealand’s Willis, Adams eye medals at fifth Olympics
Middle distance runner Nick Willis will become the first male New Zealander to compete on the track at five Olympics after being ...Tokyo Olympics must be ‘reconsidered’ due to Japan’s failure to contain pandemic – report
Japan’s inability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote ...Tigray’s humanitarian crisis worsens, no Eritrean exit: UN
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that the grave humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is deteriorating, with no sign of ...Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea after treatment
Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station into the sea, the government ...China fines Alibaba record $2.75 billion for anti-monopoly violations
China slapped a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Saturday, after an anti-monopoly probe found ...Iran frees South Korean ship, captain after promise to help with frozen funds
Iran released on Friday a South Korean ship and its captain detained since January after South Korea promised to try to secure ...Dozens killed, many trapped after Taiwan train derails in tunnel
Dozens of people were killed on Friday when a packed train derailed inside a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, the island’s worst railway ...Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup, U.N. investigator condemns “mass murder”
Across Myanmar, opponents of the ruling junta on Sunday mourned the killings of at least 114 people by security forces in the ...














