Sunday, July 20, 2025 from Asia
Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging...Sunday, July 20, 2025 from Asia - Los Angeles Times
A controversial monument in Mexico City to the Marxist revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has been removed, setting off debates about their legacy and how to memorialize the past.Friday, July 18, 2025 from The Diplomat
Lee’s approval ratings have exceeded 60 percent, surpassing his 49 percent vote share in the June 3 election. Saturday, July 19, 2025 from Asia-Pacific
European Union law enforcement agencies Europol and Eurojust announced on Wednesday that they had coordinated an international operation to dismantle a pro-Russian hacking group, accused of launching thousands of online attacks against...Friday, July 18, 2025 from Asia - Los Angeles Times
Trump is facing mounting pressure from his MAGA base to publicly release Justice Department files from the Epstein case.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
A sudden storm in northern Vietnam’s famous Ha Long Bay tipped the vessel. Children were among the victims.Friday, July 18, 2025 from The Diplomat
From soaring household debt to entrenched labor dualism, inequality – not innovation – has become the defining feature of South Korea’s new economy.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
South Korean officials say at least 14 people have died and several others are missing after torrential rains that began earlier in the week triggered landslides and destroyed homes in the country.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from BBC News - Asia
An investigation at National Taiwan Normal University found blood sampling had taken place for "research projects".Friday, July 18, 2025 from Asia
China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today. But China sources some of those rare earths and other heavy metals from neighboring Myanmar. And the ramped up...Friday, July 18, 2025 from Asia-Pacific
The European Union approved a new series of sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. The measures include a lower oil price cap, a ban on transactions involving the Nord Stream gas pipelines, and...Sunday, July 20, 2025 from Asia - Los Angeles Times
The most dramatic example of unfulfilled expectations has come in Ukraine, the bloody conflict Trump promised to end even before his inauguration.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from Asia - Los Angeles Times
President Trump hinted at ending federal recognition of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the U.S. But there are more logical targets.Friday, July 18, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
Long before President Trump wielded tariffs as a weapon to punish Indonesia, the country was fighting back a flood of cheap Chinese goods.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
Relatives of the Jeju Air disaster victims objected to the report in a stormy scene at a news conference, complaining that it blamed the pilots prematurely.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from Asia-Pacific
French diplomats have added their weight to European efforts to convince Iranian authorities of the need to make progress on talks to moderate the country's nuclear programme. Sunday, July 20, 2025 from Asia-Pacific
A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting of cultural heritage in Europe during an international...Sunday, July 20, 2025 from BBC News - Asia
The result could destabilise Japan's government at a pivotal moment in trade negotiations with the US.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from BBC News - Asia
There are fears the death toll will rise after raging floods destroyed roads, submerged buildings and ravaged farmland.Friday, July 18, 2025 from BBC News - Asia
Tourism authorities say foreigners are "temporarily" not allowed to visit the Wonsan Kalma resort.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
A Wells Fargo banker and a U.S. government employee were blocked from leaving and a Japanese pharmaceutical executive was imprisoned, even as Beijing tries to court overseas investors.Friday, July 18, 2025 from The Diplomat
To accumulate industrial leverage over the U.S., China played the long game. The U.S. must do the same.Sunday, July 20, 2025 from BBC News - Asia
The incident happened in Vietnam's popular Ha Long Bay during bad weather, with several people still missing.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE
While no radiation leaks have been confirmed following the US strikes on nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, the extent of the damage remains uncertain.Saturday, July 19, 2025 from NYT > Asia Pacific
Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.Friday, July 18, 2025 from Asia - Los Angeles Times
Families from Uvalde, Texas, are traveling to Los Angeles to confront tech giant Meta and "Call of Duty" publisher Activision in court, alleging they market gun violence to young people through video games and social media.