He clung to a tree for hours to escape death in Japan’s worst natural disaster
"I felt like the ocean was all around me. The water was so cold it chilled me to the bone,"...
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Myanmar protesters trapped in late-night standoff as military targets media
Military junta forces had cornered hundreds of people in Sanchaung township, in the country's biggest city, and threatened to go...
Myanmar military occupies hospitals and universities ahead of mass strike
In many districts of the biggest city, Yangon, on Saturday and Sunday, witnesses reported sounds of gunfire and stun grenades....
How rape allegations among Australia’s political elite reignited its #MeToo movement
For Prime Minister Scott Morrison, that was the end of the matter. The alleged victim didn't file a police statement...
Myanmar’s ethnic groups have long suffered from military brutality. The junta gave them a common foe
Throughout years of conflict in Myanmar's jungles and mountains, ethnic people have witnessed and been subjected to horrific atrocities including...
Increasing evidence that Myanmar’s military forces are shooting to kill
Wednesday was the bloodiest day in four weeks of protests, as security forces opened fire on crowds of people across...
Analysis: China’s plans to ‘improve’ democracy in Hong Kong could spell the end of the city’s opposition
Hong Kong may be about to find out the democracy that fits best, at least in Beijing's opinion, is no...
38 killed in Myanmar’s deadliest day of protest, says UN envoy
The United Nations said the total death toll since the coup was now 50, though activists put that total as...
Myanmar police and military kill at least 18 people after opening fire on protesters, UN says
The reported casualties make Sunday the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1.As demonstrations against the military...
Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming
In Japan, only about 18,000 doses have been administered, according to the Japanese government.Like the US, Japan is using the...
More than a dozen slum residents in an Indian city say they didn’t know they were part of a clinical vaccine trial
Locals who recalled hearing it back in December said they scrambled to take up the offer -- 750 rupees was...
India’s groundwater crisis threatens food security for hundreds of millions, study says
The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that overuse of groundwater could cause winter harvests in some...
China detains six people for ‘insulting’ soldiers killed in India border clash
Police said six people were detained for up to 15 days across China, with another accused currently living overseas facing...
Beijing’s 2008 Olympics were a soft power victory for China, but 2022 may be another story
Remembered today as an event in which record-breaking sporting achievements were matched only by the spectacular pageantry and organization of...
Myanmar police open fire on protesters in Mandalay leaving at least two dead, say reports
Stringers for CNN confirm that live rounds and tear gas were used to disperse people at an anti-coup protest in...
4 Chinese soldiers died in bloody India border clash last year, China reveals
The two sides fought with fists, stones, and nailed-studded bamboo poles, in what was the deadliest border clash between the...
When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis. Here’s how it will happen
The best-known living Buddhist figure in the world said that when he turned 90 years old, he would decide whether...
Village at center of India glacier collapse warned of impending disaster for decades. No one listened
Armed with only their bare hands and fierce determination to save the forest upon which their livelihoods depended, Gaura Devi...
Farmers across India have been protesting for months. Here’s why
Large barricades erected by the police and topped with barbed wire stand a few hundred meters from the camp, preventing...
Analysis: China seizes on lack of WHO breakthrough in Wuhan to claim coronavirus vindication
And so therefore -- while somewhat disappointing -- it was no shock that the team did not reveal any major...
