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Tony Chung, who founded a pro-independence student group, has been granted asylum in the UK
Hong Kong summons UK, Australia envoys after activists granted asylum
HONG KONG — Two pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been granted asylum separately in the UK and Australia, prompting anger from the Chinese special administrative region's government.Hong Kong summoned the Australian and British envoys, who were warned by Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki against "harbouring offenders".Former lawmaker Ted Hui and student leader Tony Chung announced over the weekend that have been granted asylum in Australia and the UK, respectively.They were sentenced to jail under a national security law that Beijing says is necessary to maintain stability in the city. However, critics say the law is being used to crush dissent and instill a climate of fear.Hui fled Hong Kong in December 2020 while facing charges for his involvement in anti-government...
August 19, 2025

Hong Kong summons UK, Australia envoys after activists granted asylum

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) met his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Monday
China and India should be partners, not adversaries, says foreign minister Wang Yi
DELHI — India and China should view each other as "partners" rather than "adversaries or threats", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, as he arrived for a two-day visit to Delhi.Yi met with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar - only the second such meeting between the two sides since 2020 - when deadly clashes in the Galwan valley in Ladakh, a disputed Himalayan border region, led to a complete breakdown of ties between the countries.Relations are now on a "positive trend" towards cooperation, Yi said ahead of a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.Jaishankar said that India and China were seeking to "move ahead from a difficult period in our ties".The two counterparts held discussions on a range of bilateral...
August 19, 2025

China and India should be partners, not adversaries, says foreign minister Wang Yi

Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing had said the polls would be 'free and fair', but this notion has been widely dismissed
War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup
SINGAPORE — Myanmar will begin its general elections on 28 December, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a sham that will be used to entrench the junta's power.This will be the first vote since the junta seized power in a bloody coup in 2021, and imprisoned democratically elected leader Aung San Sung Kyi.Myanmar has been embroiled in a civil war since, with deadly battles between the military and ethnic armed groups, many of whom have said they would not permit voting in their areas.Previous plans to hold an election were repeatedly delayed as the military has struggled to contain an opposition insurgency which has gained control over much of the country.Some 55 parties have registered for the polls, state media said Monday, adding that nine of...
August 18, 2025

War-torn Myanmar to hold first general election since 2021 coup

Qantas aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne.
Qantas fined A$90m for illegal layoffs during pandemic
SYDNEY — An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.Australia's Transport Workers' Union said it welcomed the ruling, which it said marked the largest employer penalty in the country's history.Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said in the judgement that he wanted the fine to act as a "real deterrence" to other employers.The airline said in a statement that it has agreed to pay the fine and that the ruling holds it accountable for actions that caused "real harm" to its employees."We sincerely apologise to each and every one of the 1,820 ground handling employees and to their families who suffered as a result," Qantas Group chief executive...
August 18, 2025

Qantas fined A$90m for illegal layoffs during pandemic

A man feeds pigeons in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir
Health v heritage: Pigeon feeding ban sparks debate in India
MUMBAI — A recent court ban on feeding pigeons in public spaces in the western Indian city of Mumbai has become a major flashpoint between civic bodies, public health activists and bird lovers.This month, hundreds of people clashed with police twice while protesting the closure of a decades-old pigeon feeding spot, or a kabutarkhana. (Kabutar is the Hindi word for pigeon.)Some tore down the tarpaulin sheets covering the spot and threatened an indefinite hunger strike. Police briefly detained about 15 people at another protest, media reports said.Authorities had imposed the ban due to concerns about health hazards due to pigeon droppings.The problem is not unique to Mumbai. In Venice, feeding pigeons in historic squares is banned. Singapore imposes hefty fines, and New York and London...
August 18, 2025

Health v heritage: Pigeon feeding ban sparks debate in India

Pakistan issues no restrictions on mountain expeditions despite recent climber deaths
PESHAWAR — Pakistan has not imposed any warnings or restrictions on mountaineering expeditions in its northern region, a local official said Sunday, despite the recent deaths of foreign climbers on some of the country’s most dangerous peaks.Faizullah Faraq, spokesperson for the government of Gilgit-Baltistan — home to the world’s second-highest mountain, K2 — said climbers are fully aware of the extreme risks posed by weather and terrain, yet choose to proceed.“Despite that, they willingly accept these challenges and come here to attempt these summits,” Faraq told The Associated Press.The statement follows the death of Chinese climber Guan Jing, 37, who was struck by falling rocks while ascending K2 last Tuesday. Her body was recovered Saturday and remains at the Combined...
August 17, 2025

Pakistan issues no restrictions on mountain expeditions despite recent climber deaths

Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed
BUNER, Pakistan — Torrential rains triggered new flash floods overnight in two villages in the Kathua district of Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least seven people and injuring five others, officials said Sunday.In Kishtwar district, search teams are still scouring the remote village of Chositi, where floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage last week killed at least 60 people and injured 150 others. More than 300 others were rescued, but dozens remain missing.Meanwhile in Pakistan, officials defended their emergency response as the death toll from flash floods in the mountainous Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province climbed past 270.Mohammad Suhail, a spokesman for the provincial emergency service, said 54 bodies had been recovered from Buner after intense rains and...
August 17, 2025

Pakistan defends flood response after over 270 people killed

Residents examine damaged cars trapped in a mud following flash flooding due to heavy rains in Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan, 15 August 2025
Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 200 people, scores remain missing
SRINAGAR -- Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed over 200 people across India and Pakistan in the past 24 hours, with rescuers searching for at least 80 missing in a remote Himalayan village where cloudbursts devastated a Hindu pilgrimage site.A relief helicopter carrying supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan's northwest crashed Friday due to bad weather, killing all five people aboard including two pilots.In India-controlled Kashmir, at least 60 people died and 80 remained missing after flash floods struck the remote village of Chositi, where more than 200 Hindu pilgrims were eating at a community kitchen when floodwaters swept down the mountain.At least 50 seriously injured people were treated in local hospitals, many of them rescued from a stream filled with mud and...
August 15, 2025

Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 200 people, scores remain missing

The 79-year-old was handed a fine instead of a jail sentence because of his poor health
F1 tycoon fined $23,000 in Singapore gift scandal
SINGAPORE — A Singapore-based billionaire has been fined $23,400 (S$30,000; £17,251) after he had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a gift scandal that shocked the country last year.Hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng had admitted to abetting the obstruction of justice by helping ex-transport minister Subramaniam Iswaran cover up evidence while the latter was being investigated for corruption.Ong gave expensive gifts, including an all-expenses paid trip with a private jet ride, to Iswaran while they were engaged in official business.The 79-year-old had faced a maximum penalty of seven years in jail but a judge said "judicial mercy" would be granted in light of his poor health.Ong suffers from multiple myeloma, a rare bone marrow cancer.At his sentencing on Friday, Judge...
August 15, 2025

F1 tycoon fined $23,000 in Singapore gift scandal

Communal fighting and war have displaced some hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Rakhine State
Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'
BANGKOK -- Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blown disaster".The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been living in camps since they fled their homes during communal fighting in 2012.The civil war which was ignited by the 2021 military coup has destroyed the economy across much of Myanmar and created huge humanitarian needs.But the situation in Rakhine, which has been cut off from the rest of the country because of a military blockade, is significantly worse than other areas.On 20 April, a 50-year-old father living in the Ohn Taw Kyi camp...
August 15, 2025

Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'

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