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Man accused of killing tourist appears in New Zealand court

A man accused of killing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane made his first appearance in a New Zealand court Monday. The 26-year-old man stared at the ground while a judge addressed him during the brief appearance at the Auckland District Court. The man has not yet entered a plea on murder charges and the court has temporarily blocked his name from being published.

Asia Pacific | 2018-12-10 11:29

79 Chinese cities trigger air pollution alerts

A total of 79 Chinese cities have triggered air pollution alerts as severe winter smog covers wide swaths of the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. As of Nov. 30, five cities had issued red pollution warnings, the most severe in China's pollution warning system, 73 had issued orange warnings, the second-most severe, and one city had issued a yellow...

Asia Pacific | 2018-12-02 15:57

Meet 'Knickers' - Australia's largest steer

A huge steer weighing some 1,400 kilograms and standing 1.94 meters tall is making headlines around the world as Australia's largest. Geoff Pearson reared the Holstein Friesian named “Knickers,” which is seven years old. He told local media he could not sell the beast for export because of its enormous size.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-28 17:18

China will retaliate 'in proportion' to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uighurs

China will retaliate "in proportion" if the United States sanctions its top official in the restive region of Xinjiang over alleged human rights abuses, China's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing's policies in the region are to "re-educate" terrorists.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-28 10:44

First gene-edited babies claimed in China [PHOTOS]

If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. A U.S. scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks harming other genes.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-26 15:31

145 pilot whales die of mysterious cause on New Zealand beach

A total of 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on a remote New Zealand beach. According to the nation's Department of Conservation (DOC) Monday, a hiker discovered the whales on Stewart Island, 30 kilometers off the southern coast of the South Island, last Sunday. When conservation workers arrived there, half the whales were already dead. The DOC later decided to e...

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-26 15:25

Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections [PHOTOS]

Taiwan's ruling party was handed a major defeat in local elections Saturday that were seen as a referendum on the administration of the island's independence-leaning president amid growing economic and political pressure from China.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-25 12:13

Taiwan votes in test for pro-independence ruling party as China watches

Taiwan began voting on Saturday in local elections, a key test of support for the island's pro-independence ruling party ahead of presidential polls in just over a year, and will also hold a referendum on same-sex marriage. The results will be closely watched in China, which claims self-ruled and proudly democratic Taiwan as its own and which has ramped up pressure on Preside...

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-24 10:22

Freed Pakistani Christian needs German passport to leave: lawyer

The lawyer for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of capital blasphemy charges, appealed on Tuesday to Germany to give her whole family citizenship to start a new life in Europe. Saiful Mulook told a news conference in Frankfurt that Bibi was now free but she and her family needed a passport to leave the country.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-21 09:56

Blasphemy charge: Pakistani Christian woman off death row, freed from prison

China urges Maldives to make 'correct choice' on trade deal

China believes the Maldives will make the "correct choice" to continue with a bilateral free trade deal, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, after a Maldives politician said the tiny nation would pull out of the pact.

Asia Pacific | 2018-11-21 09:50

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