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Hong Kong's Cathay lists Taiwan as part of China

Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific became the latest airline to list Taiwan as part of China on its website Wednesday after a request from mainland authorities.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-25 14:02

Remarks on the 2nd Anniversary of the Arbitral Award On the South China Sea Dispute: ADR Forum

The July 12, 2016 Award of the Arbitral Tribunal was a landmark ruling for three reasons. First, the Arbitral Tribunal ruled that China’s so-called historic nine-dashed line cannot serve as legal basis to claim any part of the waters or resources of the South China Sea.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-25 13:50

Heatwaves sweep northern hemisphere, causing scores of deaths

Temperatures have risen to record levels in several parts of Europe and Asia this week, with dozens of people killed in wildfires and many others dying from heat stroke. "Extreme weather, including record temperatures and heatwaves, drought and disastrous precipitation, has marked the first half of summer in the northern hemisphere," the World Meteorological Organization said...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-25 09:10

At least 100 missing in Laos after hydropower dam collapse [PHOTOS]

The accident happened at a dam in southeastern Attapeu province late Monday, releasing five billion cubic meters of water with "several human lives claimed, and several hundreds of people missing," Laos News Agency said.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-24 17:08

Chinese man arrested for filming couples in love hotels and selling footage online

A man has been arrested in southwest China on suspicion of installing webcams in hotels to film couples having sex and then selling the footage online, according to local media reports. Police started looking for the peeping Tom after a newly-wed couple who checked into a love hotel in Sichuan in April spotted one of the cameras, the Chengdu Business Daily reported on Saturda...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-20 19:57

Abe visiting flood-hit western Japan as deaths reach 176

Japan's government said 176 people have been confirmed dead after last week's heavy rains in western Japan, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a hard-hit city. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Abe on Wednesday would visit an evacuation center in Kurashiki, a city where a river broke through an embankment and swept through residential areas, killing more than 40 p...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-11 16:09

Hong Kong stocks dive as US threatens additional tariffs

Hong Kong stocks plunged more than two percent on opening Wednesday after the U.S. threatened tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese imports, ramping up a potentially damaging trade war.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-11 10:45

US-China trade war heating up

All 12 boys and coach rescued from Thai cave

All 12 boys and their coach who became trapped in a flooded Thai cave more than a fortnight ago have been rescued, the Navy SEALs announced on Tuesday, completing an astonishing against-the-odds rescue mission that has captivated the world. The Thai SEALs and elite foreign divers extracted the final batch of four boys, plus the 25-year-old coach, on Tuesday afternoon via a pe...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 22:55

A new twist in the South China Sea Arbitration: The Chinese Society of International Law's Critical Study

On Monday 14 May 2018, the Chinese Journal of International Law, an Oxford University Press journal, published an extraordinary 500 page “Critical Study” of the Awards on jurisdiction and the merits in the South China Sea..

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 16:18

Cambodia's 2018 economy shows signs of firmer growth

Cambodians have been vigorously developing the nation further with the highest determination. Remarkable economic achievements are of factors that strengthen hand of the Cambodian People’s Party on the threshold of the National Assembly Elections.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 16:17

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Reunion with long-lost family members [PHOTOS]