Category: Asia Pacific

[ad_1] A Hong Kong court on Wednesday granted a government request to ban a popular pro-democracy anthem, raising further concerns about free speech in the [more…]

[ad_1] Thailand’s prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, said on Wednesday that he wanted cannabis to be re-listed as a narcotic by the end of the year, [more…]

[ad_1] Kim Ki-nam, who was often called “North Korea’s Goebbels,” a reference to the Nazi propagandist, because of his role in manufacturing and enforcing totalitarian [more…]

[ad_1] President Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one [more…]

[ad_1] U.S. pushed Israel to reach a cease-fire deal President Biden turned up the pressure on Israel to limit its Rafah operation and to reach [more…]

[ad_1] A tense day in court for Stormy Daniels Lawyers for Donald Trump again sought to make Stormy Daniels look as if she was lying [more…]

[ad_1] For the first time in 30 years at the Cannes Film Festival, an Indian film will compete for the Palme d’Or in the main [more…]

[ad_1] Two ships arrived in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific in March of last year. One was a familiar sight: a massive cruise [more…]

[ad_1] For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. A steady stream of heavy [more…]

[ad_1] Heavy seasonal rains have set off flash floods across Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people in one province, leaving 100 more missing and displacing [more…]