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A drone display showing messages of support for the country amid the covid-19 pandemic, above the Han river in central Seoul. (AFP)

Hundreds of drones light up Seoul sky with virus messages

The show began with reminding people of precautionary measures, including wearing masks, washing hands and observing...

6 July 2020 1:24 PM IST

A car leans against a building following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 6, 2020. (AP)

Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods

At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday

6 July 2020 8:53 AM IST

A woman looks at books in a public library in Hong Kong on July 4, 2020. - Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the citys libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the finance hub.The new security law and the removal of books raises questions of whether academic freedom still exists. (Photo | AFP)

Hong Kong libraries remove books on democracy fearing it may violate...

The national security law is fundamentally a tool to incriminate speech, wrote author and activist Joshua Wong on...

4 July 2020 8:26 PM IST

A woman (L) sticks a blank note onto a Lennon Wall outside a pro-democracy restaurant in Hong Kong on July 3, 2020, in response to a new national security law introduced in the city which makes political views, slogans and signs advocating Hong Kongs independence or liberation illegal. (AFP)

'Hidden language': Hong Kongers get creative to mark dissent against...

Apart from word plays, residents are using even Chinese Communist Party dogma to express their frustration through...

4 July 2020 3:09 PM IST

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. (AP)

No need to sit for talks with US: North Korea

North Korea thinks meeting with Trump would be nothing more than a political tool for Washington

4 July 2020 12:52 PM IST

A man walks past the stickers with messages about an anti-Beijing government are left by protesters on a street in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP)

Hong Kongers clean up their chat histories in face of security law

Certain political views such as wanting independence became illegal and rights groups warn this will choke civil...

3 July 2020 1:11 PM IST

Nathan Law is Hong Kongs youngest ever lawmaker. (AFP)

'The world should stand up to China over Hong Kong'

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law explains how Hong Kong's fate shows China's true authoritarianism

3 July 2020 10:11 AM IST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a politburo meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, June 2, 2020. (AP)

Kim signals North Korea to keep borders closed against virus

Pyongyang insists it has not had a single case of COVID-19, while the disease has swept the world infecting more than...

3 July 2020 9:15 AM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Singaporean charged for racist tweets against Indian migrants

If found guilty, the accused may be punished with a jail term of up to three years, fined, or both

2 July 2020 12:54 PM IST

Police detain a protester after spraying pepper spray during a protest in Causeway Bay before the annual handover march in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July. 1, 2020. (AP)

Hong Kong police make first arrest under new security law

Police force had issued statement that they would consider protesters promoting Hong Kong's separation from China as...

1 July 2020 12:44 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

India must protect our businesses, says China after apps ban

India on Monday banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps in its strongest move yet targeting China

30 Jun 2020 1:55 PM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory. (AP Photo)

China approves national security law for Hong Kong

Authorities in Beijing, Hong Kong have repeatedly said legislation is aimed at a few troublemakers and will not affect...

30 Jun 2020 12:07 PM IST