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Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong. (AFP)

4 arrested under Hong Kong security law for online posts

China, in justifying the new law, says issues such as separatism are a national security concern and, as such, fall...

30 July 2020 10:15 AM IST

$A group of supporters for plaintiffs celebrate, holding a banner which reads \Overall victory\ outside the Hiroshima district court in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A court has recognized people exposed to radioactive black rain that fell after the U.S. atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the government to provide the same medical benefits it gives other survivors. (AP)$ World

Hiroshima: Japanese court recognizes atomic bomb survivors in landmark...

The US dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing 140,000 people and almost...

30 July 2020 9:48 AM IST

Health workers share a note at a restaurant where a worker is suspected to have COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Vietnam intensifies protective measures as the number of locally transmissions, starting at a hospital in the popular beach city of Da Nang, keeps increasing since the weekend. (AP)

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Once a success story, Vietnam is now widely reporting new clusters

Vietnam is the most populous country in the world to have recorded no deaths from the virus

29 July 2020 4:53 PM IST

Later, WeChat complied with the Russian requirements.

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China slams India on apps ban, vows counter measures

The measure is seen as a measure by India to impose economic costs on China for its aggression along the LAC in the...

28 July 2020 1:28 PM IST

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, walks into a courtroom at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AFP Photo)

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Malaysia's former PM Najib found guilty in first 1MDB graft case

Najib faced seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power for receiving $10 million...

28 July 2020 12:14 PM IST

Malaysias former prime minister Najib Razak waves after a court appearance in Kuala Lumpur. - A Malaysian court on July 28, 2020 will hand down its verdict in Najib Razaks first corruption trial, nearly 16 months after it began probing the former prime ministers role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. (AFP)

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1MDB: Malaysia's extraordinary financial scandal

The scandal alleges top Malaysian officials looted billions and then went on a spending spree - including financing a...

26 July 2020 11:48 AM IST

North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the countrys first suspected coronavirus case. (Representational Image:AP)

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North Korea declares emergency in border city over suspected COVID-19...

Leader Kim Jong Un convened emergency politburo meeting to implement a 'maximum emergency system and top-class alert' to...

26 July 2020 9:27 AM IST

$Officials sort seized pangolin scales at a port in southern Vietnams Ba Ria Vung Tau province. - Vietnam, one of Asias biggest consumers of wildlife products, has suspended all imports of wild animal species \dead or alive\ and vowed to \eliminate\ illegal markets across the country. (AFP)$ World

Vietnam bans wildlife trade, markets to prevent animal-to-human...

Vietnam has been a popular destination for wildlife products often from endangered species used in traditional medicine...

25 July 2020 12:06 PM IST

A quarantine order was imposed on six different vessels anchored in the citys waters after some of the crew members tested positive for the virus. (AFP)

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Seafarers skipping quarantine leads to sudden virus spike in Hong Kong

After successfully tackling COVID-19 local transmission once, case numbers in the densely packed finance hub increased...

24 July 2020 3:16 PM IST

$Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Charges have been dropped against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, Thai police said Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP)$ World