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Hong Kong march to support Edward Sowden
Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong have marched to the US consulate in support of ex-CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden. They demanded that local authorities protect...
India to become world’s most populous country by 2028
According to the United Nations, India looks set to overtake China as the world's most populous country from 2028. At that point, India and China...
Edward Snowden South China Morning Post interview: U.S. government has been hacking Chinese networks for four years
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years. In his first...
North Korea blames South Korea for canceling high-level talks
North Korea has blamed the South for "arrogant obstructions" that led high-level talks to be cancelled. South Korea's "deliberate disturbance" by changing the head of...
Edward Snowden vows to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong
Whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked secret US surveillance details, has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong. Edward Snowden told the...
Jiroemon Kimura: World’s oldest man in history dies in Japan aged 116
Jiroemon Kimura from Japan, who was recognized as the world's oldest living person, and the oldest man recorded in history, has died aged 116,...
Edward Snowden disappears from Mira hotel in Hong Kong
Former CIA employee Edward Snowden, who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance, has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong. Edward Snowden,...
Edward Snowden faces strong risk of extradition from Hong Kong to US
Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor who has identified himself as the source of leaks about the US National Security Agency’s surveillance programmes, is...
North Korea and South Korea holding first government-level talks in more than two years
North Korean and South Korean officials are holding their first government-level talks in more than two years. The talks are taking place at Panmunjom, a...
Liu Hui: China Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s brother-in-law sentenced to 11 years in jail
Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail on fraud charges by...
Francois Hollande confuses Japan and China at news conference in Tokyo
France’s President Francois Hollande has made an embarrassing slip of the tongue, confusing Japan and China, as he spoke in French at a news...
North Korea to restore hotline with South Korea at Kaesong Industrial Complex
North Korea has announced it will restore the key hotline with South Korea at Kaesong Industrial Complex, as the two countries discuss where to...
North Korea proposes official talks with South Korea on Kaesong and Mount Kumgang joint projects
North Korea has proposed official talks with South Korea on normalizing commercial projects, weeks after operations at the joint Kaesong industrial zone were suspended. In...
Singapore Airlines chaotic in-flight mess after sudden bout of turbulence hit jet while meal was served
Passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight were left surrounded by a chaotic mess after their flight fell 20 metres when it hit severe turbulence. A...
North Korea reactivates facilities at Yongbyon nuclear reactor
North Korea is reactivating facilities at its moth-balled Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a US think-tank says. Start-up could be one to two months away, it said,...
China: At least 112 people killed in a fire at poultry processing plant in Dehui
At least 112 people have been killed in a fire at a poultry processing plant in China, according to officials. The fire broke out at...
Baby No 59: Chinese “pipe baby” released from hospital
The newborn baby boy rescued from a toilet pipe in China has been released from hospital, officials say. The baby had been in hospital in...
IMF cuts China’s economic growth forecast
IMF has cuts its economic growth forecast for China, with weakness in the global economy set to hit exports. The International Monetary Fund it now...
Baby No 59: Chinese baby boy rescued alive from toilet pipe in Jinhua
Chinese firefighters have rescued a newborn baby boy lodged inside a sewage pipe leading off a toilet. Residents of an apartment building in Jinhua city,...
Chinese hackers steal Australia spy agency blueprints
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr says a report alleging Chinese hackers stole plans for Australia's new intelligence hub will not hit ties with Beijing. On...
North Korea allows South Korean businessmen to enter Kaesong Industrial Complex
Pyongyang has announced it is willing to allow South Korean managers to visit the suspended jointly-run Kaesong Industrial Complex. In a statement carried by state media,...
Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children and their teacher near Gujrat
At least 16 children and their teacher have been killed when their school bus caught fire near Gujrat in eastern Pakistan, police say. At least...
Kim Jong-un sends Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing
Kim Jong-un has sent Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing, North Korean state media has announced, amid cooling relations between the two neighbors. Choe Ryong-hae,...
North Korea releases Chinese fishing crew
The Chinese fishing crew seized by North Koreans two weeks ago has been freed along with their boat, reports say. The 16-man crew was taken...
China urges North Korea to release Yu Xuejun’s fishing boat captured for $100,000 ransom
China has called on North Korea to secure the release of a fishing boat and its crew seized earlier this month. Owner Yu Xuejun said...
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