Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing urges love in response to growing protests
Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, urged people to “love China, love Hong Kong and love yourself” on Friday in his first public comments on...
Indonesia president formally proposes relocating capital to Borneo
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday formally proposed to parliament a plan to move the country’s capital from Jakarta, on the crowded island of Java,...
Australian tourist shot dead in New Zealand, manhunt launched
New Zealand police launched a manhunt for an armed suspect on Friday after an Australian tourist was found shot dead in a camper van in...
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing urges love, not violence, in first protest comments
Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, urged people to “love China, love Hong Kong and love yourself” on Friday in his first public comments on...
North Korea fires projectiles, rejects South Korea’s ‘senseless’ dialogue pledge
North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea’s military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea’s president as “impudent”...
Murder retrial of Salvadoran woman over stillborn son to continue
The retrial of a Salvadoran woman convicted of aggravated homicide after a stillbirth adjourned without a verdict on Thursday, in a closely watched case that...
North Korea fires two projectiles into sea off eastern coast: South Korean military
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Friday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a...
‘Until her bones are broken’: Myanmar activists fight to outlaw domestic violence
Cradling her one-year-old daughter in a house in southern Myanmar, 22-year-old Nu Nu Aye recalled the reasons her husband gave for beating her. She hadn’t...
Cash for trash: Indonesia village banks on waste recycling
Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than...
Syria says air defenses foil missile strike
Syrian air defenses identified a missile that was fired toward the city of Masyaf near Hama late on Thursday and destroyed it before it hit...