Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid controls tighten
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across…
4 years ago
Asia
Hong Kong plummets towards bottom of press freedom ranking
HONG KONG, China (AFP) --- Hong Kong has plummeted down an international press freedom chart as authorities have wielded…
4 years ago
Ninth survivor rescued from collapsed China building
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four…
4 years ago
Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- |Rescuers pulled a pair of survivors from a collapsed building in central China on…
4 years ago
Ukraine FM asks China to be security guarantor: interview
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Ukraine's foreign minister has asked China to provide security guarantees for Kyiv, in a lengthy…
4 years ago
US frowns on Indonesia’s invite to Putin for G20 summit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia faced down US opposition and invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in…
4 years ago
Power cuts, forest fires in South Asia heatwave; New Delhi hits 43 degrees Celsius
by Faisal Satti with Baldev S Chauhan in Shimla, India Agence France Presse LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- Power outages…
4 years ago
Indonesia suspends all exports of palm oil, raising risk of destabilizing global vegetable oil market
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world's largest…
4 years ago
China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected Covid case
The Chinese megacity of Guangzhou cancelled hundreds of flights Thursday and launched mass testing of 5.6 million people after one…
4 years ago
Russia expels eight Japanese diplomats
Moscow said Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to expulsions by Tokyo over the conflict…
4 years ago
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