Asia
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Rats! Race to Lunar New Year celebration in Melbourne begins
But soon it’s the long-tailed rodent’s time to shine, potentially bringing good luck to the business world. Tom Cowie The…
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Australian father Scott McIntyre freed in Japan after arrest for seeking kids
The case of Scott McIntyre, a freelance sports journalist based in Tokyo, has drawn wide attention to the difficulties in…
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The Crown Prince of Iran Pitches Regime Change to Washington
He painted a picture of Iran on the brink of collapse—and presented a plan to manage the coming “implosion” with…
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Human Rights Watch launches damning report on China, urging action against oppression and abuses
HRW executive director Kenneth Roth was due to launch the World Report 2020 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong…
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South China Sea: Putin moves to support the Philippines and Vietnam against Beijing’s plan
The development will frustrate China’s attempts to secure ownership of the lucrative zone within its nine dash line, the proportion…
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Oceans are warming at the same rate as if five Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second
A new study released on Monday showed that 2019 was yet another year of record-setting ocean warming, with water temperatures…
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India demolishes Kerala skyscrapers over environmental violations
Residents of the high-rises in the state of Kerala watched as their homes and investments imploded in seconds. BBC The…
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Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed ‘for 38 years’ in Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, has been handed a new sentence that her husband…
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The Costs of China’s Belt and Road Expansion
When I returned to Xigang after five years, I couldn’t recognize it. Chris Horton The Atlantic What had been a…
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Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn slams prosecutors, likens arrest to Pearl Harbour attack
Fugitive auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday accused Nissan and Japanese prosecutors of plotting against him as he staged an…
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Japan issues arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn’s wife
Tokyo prosecutors’ special investigation squad said Carole Ghosn – a vocal supporter of her husband during his long detention in…
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NST Leader: Troubled waters
To ensure that there is law and order among a comity of nations. New Straits Times What’s more if the…
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Local authorities: Mysterious illness in China is not SARS
The 2002-2003 SARS epidemic started in southern China and killed more than 700 people in mainland China, Hong Kong and…
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Iraqi parliament passes resolution to end foreign troop presence
“The government commits to revoke its request for assistance from the international coalition fighting Islamic State due to the end…
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Death toll from Jakarta floods reaches 60
Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia’s capital, as…
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5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge
The rollout of fifth-generation cellular networks around the world will likely be a defining geopolitical dilemma of 2020. Lindsay Gorman…
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