Asia Pacific
Blasts at Kazakh military base kill five
A series of blasts triggered by a fire at a military base in southern Kazakhstan killed five servicemen and wounded 90 people, ...Japan suspends 1.6 mln doses of Moderna shot days after contamination reports
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Wednesday it has withheld the supply of about 1.63 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan ...Malaysia prime minister quits after just 17 months in office
Malaysia’s prime minister and his government resigned Monday after just 17 months in office, throwing the country into fresh political turmoil as ...Olympics-IOC removes two Belarus coaches, sprinter says order came from ‘high up’
Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s Tokyo Games have had their accreditation revoked and were removed from the athletes ...Olympics-Track world record smashed as IOC probes Belarus over sprinter
The Olympics governing body was probing Belarus’s treatment of an athlete seeking refuge while Norway’s Karsten Warholm demolished a world record on ...Seeking asylum, Belarus athlete walks into Poland’s embassy in Tokyo
A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/exclusive-olympics-belarusian-athlete-says-she-was-taken-airport-go-home-after-2021-08-01 after she said she was taken to the airport against her wishes ...New Zealand’s PM Ardern apologises for 1970s immigration raids on Pacific community
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids ...US seizes tanker used to deliver oil to N.Korea
The United States on Friday seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make illegal oil deliveries to North Korea, the ...Hong Kong man sentenced to 9 years in prison in first national security case
A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security ...North and South Korea restart hotline and pledge to improve ties
North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing the restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more ...














