KARUIZAWA, JAPAN Group of 20 environment ministers agreed on Sunday to adopt a new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of marine plastic waste on a global scale, the Japanese government said after hosting the two-day ministerial…
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Latest Deportation, Disappearances Rattle Thai Dissident Diaspora
BANGKOK Yammy and her friends sleep in shifts. They venture out of the house they share only every few days to stock up on food, and have stopped their live webcasts so as not to give away their location.Together they comprise the band Faiyen, Cold F…
Read moreSmall Parties Put Thai Coup Leader on Track to Remain in PM Post
BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister and 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha took a giant leap closer to holding on to his post after 11 small parties endorsed his candidacy Monday, although a scramble for control of the lower house of parliament continues.The…
Read moreOfficial: Executive Order Not Needed to Ban Huawei in US 5G Networks
A senior U.S. State Department official said there is no need for President Donald Trump to sign an executive order to explicitly ban Chinese telecommunication company Huawei from taking part in the buildout of the U.S. 5G networks.The four largest U.S…
Read moreEarthquake Strikes Island Chain off New Zealand; No Tsunami
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck an arc of islands off New Zealand on Sunday, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it may cause only minor sea level changes in some coastal areas.The U.S. Geological Survey said the ear…
Read moreRights Czar Visit to China Contingent on ‘Full Access’ to Xinjiang Internment Camps: UN
The United Nations is demanding unfettered access to internment camps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) after Beijing’s envoy invited U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet to see for herself what he called education train…
Read moreRights Czar Visit to China Contingent on ‘Full Access’ to Xinjiang Internment Camps: UN
The United Nations is demanding unfettered access to internment camps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) after Beijing’s envoy invited U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet to see for herself what he called education train…
Read moreTaiwanese Man Faces Thai Trial for Allowing Radio Broadcasts into China
A Taiwanese businessman is scheduled to face trial in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai city next week on charges that he illegally hosted a radio station that broadcast uncensored news to listeners in China, amid claims that Beijing pressured Thai author…
Read moreDefense Minister: China to ‘Fight to the End’ to Reunify with Taiwan
SINGAPORE China will fight anyone who tries to interfere in its reunification with Taiwan, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said Sunday in a combative speech peppered with threats against the United States over its military presence in Asia.Speaking at th…
Read moreUS Trade Warriors Pursue Some Obscure Cases
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s high-profile trade offensives have grabbed headlines and rattled financial markets around the world. He’s battling China over the industries of the future, strong-arming Canada and Mexico into reshaping North Ameri…
Read moreUS Trade Warriors Pursue Some Obscure Cases
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s high-profile trade offensives have grabbed headlines and rattled financial markets around the world. He’s battling China over the industries of the future, strong-arming Canada and Mexico into reshaping North Ameri…
Read moreHong Kong Lawmakers Brawl Over Extradition Bill
A session Saturday in Hong Kong’s legislative assembly about a controversial extradition law ended in a brawl between lawmakers, with one member of the assembly hospitalized.Neither the pro-democracy lawmakers nor the pro-Beijing politicians are budgin…
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