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SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Protests against China's heavy Covid-19curbs spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai on Sunday, nearly three years into the pandemic, with a fresh wave of anger sparked by a deadly fire in the…

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasaogo. AP…

SEOUL: North Korea's leader has taken his daughter to a meeting with missile scientists in her second public appearance, in which state media called her Kim Jong Un's “most beloved” child, deepening outside debate over whether she is…

Belarus foreign minister Vladimir Makei. AP…

Malaysia’s Islamic party declined to join newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government. Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, or PAS, which won the most seats of any party in the recent general election, will instead act as a…

Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson declared victory in his run for Taipei mayor, as Taiwan held local elections Saturday that could shape the race to replace China-skeptic President, Tsai Ing-wen, in little more than a year. Chiang Wan-an,…

SEONGNAM (SOUTH KOREA): The new workers zipped around the office completing mundane tasks like fetching coffee, delivering meals and handing off packages. They did not get in anyone's way. They waited unobtrusively for elevators with…

WASHINGTON: On the 14th anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the US said that it would continue to work with India and other international partners to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. “We express our deep…

ISLAMABAD: At the climax of his long march, Pakistan former prime minister Imran Khanannounced on Saturday that his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf will quit all provincial assemblies, a move meant to intensify pressure on the beleaguered…

TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses suffered by her party. Tsai offered her resignation on Saturday evening, a tradition after a major…