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Tokyo, Japan | Sat, May 15, 2021 Although the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten has cautioned that holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer will be a “suicide mission.” In an interview with CNN, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said, “It’s risky to host the major international event […]

Manila, Philippines | Mon, May 3, 2021 | 8.57 pm The Philippine foreign minister on Monday requested in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities in the South China Sea. The comments by Teodoro Locsin,

Washington, United States | Wed, April 28, 2021 In reaction to the military junta’s coup and brutal crackdown on demonstrators, a bipartisan group of US senators urged the Biden administration to slap further sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta, including choking revenues to a state energy corporation. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Yangon, Myanmar | Mon, April 5, 2021 | 8:25 pm According to Canberra’s foreign affairs department, two Australians who were detained in Myanmar late last month have been released and have left Yangon. After attempting to flee the country on a relief flight in March, business consultants Matthew O’Kane and Christa Avery, a dual Canadian-Australian

Geneva | Thu, March 18, 2021 | 07:31 pm World Health Organization experts on Wednesday recommended countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but said they were looking into the jab’s safety after a slew of countries suspended its use over health fears. After many countries expressed concerns of blood clots or brain haemorrhages, the

 Senegal | Sat, March 6, 2021 | 8:47 pm The Senegal government on Friday vowed to use “all means necessary” to return order after police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as the interior minister said four people had died. The brawls erupted after a court ordered Sonko to

Yangon, Myanmar | Wed, February 10, 2021 | 08:55 pm Protests against last week’s military coup continued in Myanmar for a fifth day on Wednesday, while the United States, the European Union and others condemned violence against demonstrators the previous day. As demonstrators defied a ban on large gatherings and their numbers grew into the

Hong Kong | Sun, January 31, 2021 | 09:47 pm A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship will go live later on Sunday as the city’s former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China’s crackdown on dissent. Everyone with a British National (Overseas) passport

Beijing, China/ Tue, January 26, 2021 / 08:32 pm Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday. The government has discouraged travel in what is usually

Geneva | Tue, January 19, 2021 | 08:22 pm The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization condemned the “me-first” mindset of wealthy nations and