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Hong Kong men jailed up to 18 years for Covid pandemic bomb plot
HONG KONG, Oct 27 — A Hong Kong judge ordered lengthy prison terms today for three men found guilty of plotting bomb attacks aimed at forcing the city’s government to close its borders early in the Covid-19 pandemic. The trio
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‘Multipolar world is coming,’ says China ahead of Trump-Xi summit in South Korea
BEIJING, Oct 27 — China’s foreign minister warned today that “a multipolar world is coming,” in what appeared to be a veiled jab at Washington ahead of key talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Global
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Trump heads to Japan after Asean summit, China talks next
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — US President Donald Trump heads to Japan today for the second leg of an Asia tour expected to culminate in a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping. The trip, Trump’s first swing through the region since
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US warplane, helicopter crash in South China Sea during ‘routine ops’
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 — Two US Navy aircraft crashed into the South China Sea in separate incidents yesterday, officials said, with no fatalities reported. The first crash involved an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, which “went down in the waters of
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India and China resume direct flights as ties improve
KOLKATA, Oct 27 — Passengers on the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down today, after Asia’s giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously rebuild relations. IndiGo flight 6E1703 from Kolkata landed
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Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, influential royal and style icon, dies at 93
BANGKOK, Oct 25 — Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau
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Japan’s would-be first female PM skips Yasukuni war shrine visit to keep peace with neighbours
TOKYO, Oct 17 — The new head of Japan’s ruling party Sanae Takaichi avoided visiting a controversial Tokyo war shrine today, as political wrangling intensifies over her bid to become prime minister. Takaichi became Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader on
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Mango founder’s fatal fall now probed as homicide, son named key suspect
MADRID, Oct 17 — Spanish police are investigating the sudden death of the Mango clothing empire’s founder Isak Andic as a possible homicide, with his son as the key suspect, local media reported yesterday. Andic, 71, who founded one of
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Kancha Sherpa, last survivor of 1953 Everest expedition with Hillary, dies at 92
KATHMANDU, Oct 17 — Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition that made the first successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, has died in Nepal at the age of 92, his family said on
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Pentagon journalists walk out as new press curbs spark outrage over US transparency
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 — Dozens of journalists who cover the US Defense Department vacated their offices in the Pentagon and returned their credentials on Wednesday as new restrictions on press access took effect. The Defense Department had set a Tuesday
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