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Asia

4 Sep
Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has returned to the country after seven weeks. Rajapaksa flew into Colombo's international airport around midnight Friday from Bangkok via Singapore. For...
3 Sep
China launched the Yaogan-33 02 satellite atop a Long March 4C carrier rocket at 7:44 a.m. Beijing Time from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Saturday. The satellite entered its preset orbit...
3 Sep
Mass testing continues in Chengdu, a city of 21 million people in southwestern China, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Authorities have locked down the city in an attempt to contain the spread and residents...
3 Sep
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 10,586 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, exceeding 10,000 cases in one day after over 5 months. "The number of confirmed locally transmitted cases in...
3 Sep
Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country's economic crisis, has...
2 Sep
Over 200 cases of COVID-19 were reported in the southwestern Chinese city Chengdu on Friday as the city ordered its 21 million residents to stay at home. Rounds of mass testing started from late Thursday and...
2 Sep
The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea’s human rights met with South Korean Unification minister Kwon Young-se in Seoul on Friday. It was Elizabeth Salmón's first visit to South Korea since...
2 Sep
The head of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency Michael Regan said Friday that advanced nuclear technology will be "critical" for both the United States and Japan as they step up cooperation to meet...
2 Sep
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched a mobile phone program that maps the distribution of COVID-19 cases in buildings. Developed by a research team led by Professor Gary Shueng...
1 Sep
More international aid reached Pakistan on Wednesday, as the military and volunteers urgently tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by monsoons that have claimed more than 1,000...

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