Asia & Pacific

Officials acknowledged Beijing’s travel advisory, but noted that 562,600 visitors had still come from China last month, a 3 percent increase from last year.

As persistent downturn in property sector weighs on consumption, retail sales last month expanded at the slowest pace in three years.

The agreement builds on a post-Brexit continuity pact and comes as the UK seeks growth amid economic slowdown.

The Philippines is also home to a major ISIS network.

The expanded Pinkenba Hub will serve as a training centre for the PPI’s Pacific Police Support Group with upgraded facilities.

Lai could spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted on all three charges in a landmark national security case.

Independent prosecutors say the former leader sought to manufacture a security crisis and dismantle democratic checks.

China’s coast guard and maritime militia vessels fired water cannons and conducted “dangerous blocking maneuvers” against Philippine fishing boats, Manila says.

The Falun Gong Protection Act, which awaits a vote in the Senate, would counter the Chinese regime’s practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience.

If convicted in Hong Kong, Lai could spend the rest of his life in jail.

Masahide Kanayama, a Christian missionary, allegedly put vegetable oil on two sacred buildings in Japan.

The president said the two leaders agreed to end renewed hostilities and return to a previous peace framework he helped broker.

The latest violence has erupted along more than a dozen points on the 508-mile border between the two countries.

Last year, a think tank advised the United States to ban Chinese lidar from critical and defense sectors because the technology could impact national security.

Exercise involving US bombers and Japanese fighters follows close encounters with Chinese aircraft and renewed alliance talks on deterrence.

Human rights are ‘non-negotiable,’ says Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.).

Australia will take up to 280 Tuvalu citizens every year amid concerns of worsening climate conditions on the tiny Pacific island nation.

The government will allow Hanwha to increase its shareholding in Austal, the nation’s sovereign shipbuilder, from 9.9 percent to 19.9 percent.

Officials acknowledged Beijing’s travel advisory, but noted that 562,600 visitors had still come from China last month, a 3 percent increase from last year.

As persistent downturn in property sector weighs on consumption, retail sales last month expanded at the slowest pace in three years.

The agreement builds on a post-Brexit continuity pact and comes as the UK seeks growth amid economic slowdown.

The Philippines is also home to a major ISIS network.

The expanded Pinkenba Hub will serve as a training centre for the PPI’s Pacific Police Support Group with upgraded facilities.

Lai could spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted on all three charges in a landmark national security case.

Independent prosecutors say the former leader sought to manufacture a security crisis and dismantle democratic checks.

China’s coast guard and maritime militia vessels fired water cannons and conducted “dangerous blocking maneuvers” against Philippine fishing boats, Manila says.

The Falun Gong Protection Act, which awaits a vote in the Senate, would counter the Chinese regime’s practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience.

If convicted in Hong Kong, Lai could spend the rest of his life in jail.

Masahide Kanayama, a Christian missionary, allegedly put vegetable oil on two sacred buildings in Japan.

The president said the two leaders agreed to end renewed hostilities and return to a previous peace framework he helped broker.

The latest violence has erupted along more than a dozen points on the 508-mile border between the two countries.

Last year, a think tank advised the United States to ban Chinese lidar from critical and defense sectors because the technology could impact national security.

Exercise involving US bombers and Japanese fighters follows close encounters with Chinese aircraft and renewed alliance talks on deterrence.

Human rights are ‘non-negotiable,’ says Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.).

Australia will take up to 280 Tuvalu citizens every year amid concerns of worsening climate conditions on the tiny Pacific island nation.

The government will allow Hanwha to increase its shareholding in Austal, the nation’s sovereign shipbuilder, from 9.9 percent to 19.9 percent.