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Chinas President Xi Jinping. (AFP)World
China also rejects Trump's offer to mediate in border standoff

Chinese Foreign Ministry asserts the two countries did not want the "intervention" from a third party to resolve the...

29 May 2020 2:48 PM IST

Hong Kong students and Taiwanese supporters hold slogan reading \ Evil Law Under the Pressure of the Border, Work Hand in Hand \ and The asylum mechanism is clearly in place during a protest against Beijings national security legislation in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
China looks at Taiwan after Hong Kong

Top China general says China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent

29 May 2020 12:30 PM IST

A man adjusts a mask in front an electronic stock board showing Japans Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo. (AP)World
As pandemic rages, Japan's suicide hotline rings non-stop

Health workers worry the current crisis will reverse Japan's downward trend in suicide rate

29 May 2020 10:42 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks the press at the State Department in Washington. (AFP)World
Trump considering to throw out thousands of Chinese graduate students

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Chinese students "shouldn't be here in our schools spying."

29 May 2020 9:57 AM IST

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Indonesia starts cloud seeding to keep forest fires at bay

Last year's fires were the worst since 2015 due to dry weather, with around 1.6 million hectares of land razed by the...

28 May 2020 3:28 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping votes on a proposal to draft a security law on Hong Kong during the closing session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28, 2020. (AFP)World
China's parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill

According to a draft released last week, the law would allow Chinese mainland security agencies to operate openly in...

28 May 2020 1:28 PM IST

Students from Hong Kong and Taiwan display placards reading Bad laws of Chinas national security\ during a protest outside the Hong Kongs Taipei office on May 28, 2020. (AFP)World
China refuses UN Security Council meeting on Hong Kong issue

The Beijing legislature is expected on Thursday to move forward on the law, bypassing Hong Kong's own lawmaking body

28 May 2020 10:43 AM IST

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South Korea examines first suspected cases of Covid-linked syndrome in...

The syndrome has raised fears that COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, could pose a greater risk to children than had...

27 May 2020 3:30 PM IST

Police guard an MTR station exit near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on May 27, 2020, ahead of a debate over a law that bans insulting Chinas national anthem. (AFP)World
Why is China pushing the Hong Kong security law?

The protests in Hong Kong and the reaction in Beijing illustrate a fundamental divide that has once again bubbled to the...

27 May 2020 2:24 PM IST

People wearing face masks amid concerns of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walk along a bridge across the Han river in Seoul. (AFP)World
South Korea reports spike in coronavirus cases

More than 2 million students, including kindergarten students, were expected to return to school on Wednesday

27 May 2020 9:43 AM IST

Riot police stand guard outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP)World
Security tight as Hong Kong set to debate China national anthem bill

The anthem bill is set for a second reading today and is expected to be turned into law next month

27 May 2020 9:34 AM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, and other officials attend a press conference in Hong Kong after returning from Chinas National Peoples Congress (NPC) meeting in Beijing. (AP)World
Chinese security laws will not affect rights and freedoms: Hong Kong...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam calls on citizens to wait to see the details of the legislation

26 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

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