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Keith Krach (right), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, talked with Taiwan officials after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washingtons willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (Image: Twitter/@iingwen)

China begins military drills amid US envoy-'s second high-level visit...

Concerned over the ever-closer relationship between Taipei and Washington, China has stepped up military exercises near...

18 Sept 2020 10:50 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, receives flowers from Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga after Suga was elected as new head of Japans ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Partys (LDP) leadership election, in Tokyo. (AP)

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Shinzo Abe-'s entire cabinet resigns as Suga set to become Japan-'s...

Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is set to take office as Japan-'s Prime Minister today

16 Sept 2020 11:31 AM IST

Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacts after being elected as new head of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at the partys leadership election in Tokyo on September 14, 2020. - Japans ruling party on September 14 elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the countrys next prime minister. (AFP)

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Yoshihide Suga manages an easy win to be Japan-'s ruling party leader

Given the LDP-'s legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become...

14 Sept 2020 12:36 PM IST

Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities, are escorted by lawmakers and their assistants as they head to attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. They called for their family members to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. (AP)

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China brands Hong Kong citizens held at sea -'separatists-'

The Shenzhen city police said the 12 Hongkongers were under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally crossing the...

14 Sept 2020 9:50 AM IST

A vendor wearing a face mask holds an umbrella as she stands before a food stall at a market in Seoul. (AFP)

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South Korea to temporary ease virus curbs in Seoul ahead of festival

Chuseok is one of the South Korea-'s biggest holidays with millions travelling to visit family in nation-'s largest...

13 Sept 2020 4:34 PM IST

$Travel restrictions have eviscerated the tourism-reliant economy, while Thais have founded themselves stuck due to quarantine requirements in other countries (Twitter\@KenyaShipper)$ World

Thailand-'s plane cafes are helping customers pretend they are in the...

Hungry diners appear even to have missed plane food as they gobble up spaghetti carbonara and beef served on plastic...

13 Sept 2020 3:52 PM IST

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton, left, poses as he is turned over to the Bureau of Immigration at the Joint US Military Assistance Group detention facility in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon city, Philippines on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The Philippine president recently pardoned Pemberton in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. (AP)

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Philippines deports US Marine pardoned for transgender killing

Presidential spokesman Roque said the pardon may have stemmed from the desire to get access to COVID vaccines being...

13 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

A worker disinfects a vehicle while a civilian has his temperature checked as a precaution against the new coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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North Korea has issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent COVID-19...

The impoverished country has not confirmed even a single case of coronavirus till now since it first emerged in China,...

11 Sept 2020 12:04 PM IST

Nasal swab sample is collected from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, right, at a testing site in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the citys third outbreak of the disease. (HKGIS via AP)

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Hongkongers steer clear of China-'s mass coronavirus testing plans

Both Beijing and city leader Carrie Lam have accused those opposed to the testing as being politically motivated and...

7 Sept 2020 3:28 PM IST

Police detain a man as they patrol the area after protesters called for a rally in Hong Kong on September 6, 2020 to protest against the governments decision to postpone the legislative council election due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the national security law. - Nearly 100 people were arrested by Hong Kong police on September 6 as riot officers swooped on democracy protesters opposed to the postponement of local elections. (AFP)

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Hong Kong police fire pepper balls at pro-democracy protesters

Police said they arrested 298 people, mainly for illegal gatherings, in a notice on their Facebook page

7 Sept 2020 8:41 AM IST

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist arrested for -'seditious words-'

The arrest of Tam Tak-chi came on the morning Hongkongers had been due to vote in a general election delayed because of...

6 Sept 2020 12:47 PM IST

Waves batter the coastline as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture on September 5, 2020. (AFP)

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Haishen is the second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week

Alerts for strong winds, waves, high tides, rainfall and lightning were issued for Amami Oshima alongside evacuation...

6 Sept 2020 9:35 AM IST