Work stoppages and no chatting at lunch as Japan grapples with Covid wave

BEIJING - China on Friday (Aug 5) announced that it would suspend co-operation with the United States on a range of ...

‘What are they going to do? Cancel my TikTok?’ Nancy Pelosi’s grandson laughs off Chinese sanctions

by Khushboo Razdan

Over the past few days, the world nervously awaited China's translation of what its "dire consequences" might be in response ...

Chinese, Taiwanese warships play ‘cat and mouse’ as military drills set to end

TAIPEI - Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas "cat and mouse" on Sunday (Aug 7), hours before the scheduled end ...

Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades

ISLAMABAD — Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past ...

From convenience stores to train stations, cyber attacks plague Taiwan over Pelosi visit

TAIPEI/BEIJING - As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan this week that enraged ...

Cambodia’s Angkor Archeological Park makes $3.37 million in revenue in seven months of 2022

by Khmer Times

Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park attracted 83,854 foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, up 13.5 times compared ...

African monkeypox cases not concentrated among gay men, experts say

JOHANNESBURG - Monkeypox outbreaks in Africa are not concentrated among gay men, unlike in other parts of the world, experts from ...

Massive Chinese military drills break decades-old tacit rules with Taiwan

by Cyril Ip

Beijing broke the tacit rules observed for decades by armed forces on both sides of the Taiwan Strait on Thursday ...

Thai police say 13 people killed, 35 injured in night club fire