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In China, an ever more biting repression
LETTER FROM BEIJING Pro-democracy demonstrators from HK Alliance protest against the detention of prominent anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong…
Air New Zealand to ask passengers to weigh themselves before boarding international flights
An Air New Zealand airplane waits for passengers at Wellington International airport on February 20, 2020.Marty Melville | Afp | Getty ImagesAir New Zealand will ask passengers to…
Hong Kong stocks enter bear market territory as China reopening optimism continues to fade
People wearing face masks crossing a street at Hong Kong's Wan Chai district on Feb. 16, 2021.Zhang Wei | China News Service | Getty ImagesHong Kong's benchmark index entered bear…
In the Ganges delta, the first climate refugees
The atmosphere is strange, disturbing. The sky glows. The earth turns green. The looks are frightened or resigned. In the middle of the night, in the rain, a man…
North Korea says its first spy satellite launch ends in failure, crashes into sea
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on May 31, 2023.Jung Yeon-je…
Japan’s largest brewer sets its sights on China — again
Asahi Super Dry is one of Asahi Group Holding's core beverage brands.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan's Asahi Group Holdings has plans to dive back into the China market…
North Korean launch briefly puts Japan and South Korea on alert
A news flash on television, in Tokyo, about the launch of a missile by North Korea, May 31, 2023. '''菃'Q/AP A brief moment of tension and…
China’s first civilian astronaut in space
The launch of the Chinese rocket as part of the Shenzhou-16 mission, on May 30, 2023, from the Jiuquan launch pad in the Gobi desert. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN /…
China launches crewed mission to its space station
The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft and its carrier rocket lift off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 30, 2023 in Jiuquan, China.Kevin Frayer | Getty ImagesChina launched its…
North Korea confirms the launch of a military spy satellite
In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government on March 11, 2022, leader Kim Jong-un visits the Sohae satellite launch site in Tongchang-ri,…