Asia & Pacific

The effects of the measures won’t offset weak consumer spending in China, experts said.

The Philippines is just more than a week out from its May 12 midterm elections amid warnings of election interference by communist China.

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea is currently topping opinion polls but now risks being removed from the ballot.

Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls arrived in the French territory a month ago for a second round of negotiations, but the sides seem no closer to agreement.

New Zealand’s national carrier, which abandoned its 2030 emissions target last year, has now called its current plans ‘guidance’ on its climate efforts.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saluted Uzbekistan’s president for taking in the illegal immigrants from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

In a rare move, New Zealand’s MetService has upgraded warnings for the capital to red—meaning threat to life—as the entire country is battered by storms.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service has stated that North Korea has suffered 4,700 casualties, according to a politician who attended a briefing.

Climate stress, ageing populations, and unplanned growth threaten the future of Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, and Dhaka.

The incident occurred just days before the start of a week-long Labor Day holiday, prompting the Communist Party’s leadership to step in.

Despite the poor performance, official data reported a 5.9 percent year-over-year growth for March, causing eyebrows to raise among many Chinese netizens.

Beijing’s refusal to resolve the standoff with Washington limits its ability to tackle challenges at home, according to analysts.

They told The Epoch Times that recently more young and middle-aged people around them have died suddenly.

Russia said that North Korean soldiers had provided ‘significant assistance’ to its military in retaking the Kursk region from Ukrainian control.

The Philippines conducted its own landing shortly after on the reef that is just 5 nautical miles from its military outpost on the nearby Thitu Island.

Posts by a Malaysian and Australian citizen have been blocked.

Both the Senate majority leader and the Philippines Public Relations Society have accused the embassy of hiring a local company to spread ‘fake news.’

A spate of emails, all from the same source, were sent to schools and hospitals across New Zealand over several months, causing evacuations at some.

The official report is deliberately vague about whether the influenza virus strain spreading in China is drug-resistant, a U.S. expert on the China CDC said.

The incident occurred as Iran holds its third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman.