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The incident saw Malaysia’s tourism minister intervening to “rescue” a Chinese woman who was purportedly being extorted by immigration officials.

July 06, 2023 7:50 PM

The man is accused of helping eight prominent overseas-based activists with bounties of HK$1 million ($172,800) for their arrest.

July 06, 2023 7:05 PM

BEIJING - As temperatures hit a record roasting 40 deg C across multiple cities in China, how to shield one’s skin from the sun and stay cool has become a hot topic in the country.

July 06, 2023 6:42 PM

The number of children aged five to 14 who died by suicide jumped nearly 10 per cent annually from 2010 to 2021.

July 06, 2023 6:30 PM

Kevin Yam is one of eight overseas-based activists accused by Hong Kong police of “serious” national security offences.

July 06, 2023 6:23 PM

Analysts are not expecting any major breakthroughs as long as national security remains a top US and Chinese concern.

A ruling, expected later this year, to allow same-sex couples to marry would be a huge boost to India’s trillion-rupee (US$12 billion) industry LGBTQ wedding industry.

July 06, 2023 5:35 PM

The UN said the deaths were part of “deliberate and targeted” efforts to obstruct aid.

July 06, 2023 5:35 PM

Its alternative to Windows and MacOS was built by a community of about 4,000 developers.

July 06, 2023 5:24 PM

Many people believed their chances of getting a job or staying in one worsen once they cross 35.

July 06, 2023 5:13 PM

Outraged Australians took to social media to denounce the advertisement.

July 06, 2023 5:05 PM

The move could spell trouble for the opposition, which has already been weakened by the arrests of prominent democracy activists after the 2019 anti-government protests

Police say the Pakistani woman learnt she could enter India via Nepal through a YouTube video.

July 06, 2023 5:00 PM

China bans seafood imports from 10 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, including Fukushima and Tokyo.

July 06, 2023 4:37 PM

William Lai said building up Taiwan’s deterrence was key.

July 06, 2023 4:10 PM

Fans noticed the website used a map that showed Beijing’s claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including parts claimed by Vietnam.

Kathleen Drew-Baker’s work helped Japanese scientists and nori farmers to use oyster shells to help seaweed thrive, kick-starting nori commercial farming in Japan.

July 06, 2023 4:00 PM

He planned the murder after his former girlfriend rejected him.

July 06, 2023 3:55 PM

The minister said the event was cancelled due to poor ticket sales, not visa issues, as claimed by tour organisers.

In tweets that were later deleted, Home Minister Clare O’Neil called the former US president’s son ‘a big baby, who isn’t very popular’.