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$Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Charges have been dropped against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, Thai police said Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP)$ World

Interpol issues 'red notice' for Thai Red Bull heir over hit-and-run

The charges against Vorayuth, grandson of Red Bull's co-founder, were dropped in July - sparking public outrage from...

5 Oct 2020 11:27 AM IST

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army H-6 bomber is seen flying near the Taiwan air defense identification zone, ADIZ, near Taiwan on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. The second high-level U.S. envoy to visit Taiwan in two months began a day of closed-door meetings Friday as China conducted military drills near the Taiwan Strait after threatening retaliation. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

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Taiwan scrambles jets for second day as Chinese jets buzz island

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the US as 18 Chinese fighter jets crossed the midline of Taiwan...

19 Sept 2020 11:42 AM IST

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

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Seoul city seeks $4 million in damages from church over new COVID-19...

A fresh wave of infections erupted at a church whose members attended a large protest in downtown Seoul in mid-August

18 Sept 2020 2:40 PM IST

Keith Krach (top C), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, gestures after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. - A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washingtons willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (AFP)

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China begins military drills as senior US official visits Taiwan

Concerned over the ever-closer relationship between Taipei and Washington, China has stepped up military exercises near...

18 Sept 2020 10:50 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, receives flowers from Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga after Suga was elected as new head of Japans ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Partys (LDP) leadership election, in Tokyo. (AP)

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Shinzo Abe's cabinet resigns ahead of Suga becoming Japan's new PM

Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is set to take office as Japan's Prime Minister today

16 Sept 2020 11:32 AM IST

Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacts after being elected as new head of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the partys leadership election in Tokyo on September 14, 2020. - Japans ruling party on September 14 elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the countrys next prime minister. (AFP)

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Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor

Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become Japan's...

14 Sept 2020 12:37 PM IST

Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. They called for their family members to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. (AP)

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China calls Hong Kong people arrested at sea 'separatists'

The Shenzhen city police said the 12 Hongkongers were under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally crossing the...

14 Sept 2020 9:51 AM IST

People wearing face masks cross a road in Seoul on September 11, 2020. (AFP)

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South Korea eases virus curbs in Seoul region

Chuseok is one of the South Korea's biggest holidays with millions travelling to visit family in nation's largest annual...

13 Sept 2020 4:34 PM IST

$Travel restrictions have eviscerated the tourism-reliant economy, while Thais have founded themselves stuck due to quarantine requirements in other countries (Twitter\\@LemanDLR)$ World

With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand

Hungry diners appear even to have missed plane food as they gobble up spaghetti carbonara and beef served on plastic...

13 Sept 2020 3:52 PM IST

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, left, poses as he is turned over to the Bureau of Immigration at the Joint US Military Assistance Group detention facility in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, Philippines on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. (AP)

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Philippines deports US Marine who killed transgender woman

Presidential spokesman Roque said the pardon may have stemmed from the desire to get access to COVID vaccines being...

13 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

A health worker checks the temperature of people to protect against the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: US

The impoverished country has not confirmed even a single case of coronavirus till now since it first emerged in China,...

11 Sept 2020 12:04 PM IST

$China on Tuesday said its troops were forced to take \countermeasures\ after Indian soldiers crossed their tense Himalayan border and opened fire. (AFP Photo)$ World

China says Indian troops crossed border, opened fire

Beijing's defence ministry accused India of "severe military provocation" after soldiers crossed LAC in the western...

8 Sept 2020 10:43 AM IST