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Overcoming scandal and PTSD, Japan’s Princess Mako finally marries college sweetheart
TOKYO, Oct 26 — Japan’s Princess Mako, the emperor’s niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart today and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress…
Recognising Myanmar junta won’t stop violence, says outgoing UN envoy
NEW YORK, Oct 26 — Recognising Myanmar’s junta as the country’s government would not stop growing violence, the outgoing United Nations special envoy on Myanmar said yesterday, warning such a move would push the country toward…
Asean summit begins without Myanmar after junta snubbed
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 26 — Southeast Asian leaders kicked off an Asean summit today but Myanmar refused to send a representative after being angered by the bloc’s decision to exclude the country’s junta chief.The virtual…
Samsung boss convicted and fined for anaesthetic drug use, reports Yonhap
SEOUL, Oct 26 — The de-facto leader of South Korea’s sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted today of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multi-billionaire.Lee — the…
Myanmar junta says UN rights report on country ‘incitement to violence’
YANGON, Oct 25 — Myanmar’s junta on Sunday labelled the United Nation’s latest rights report on the conflict-wracked nation an “incitement to violence” and accused the body of interfering in its internal affairs.The South-east…
China will uphold world peace, Xi says on anniversary of return to UN
BEIJING, Oct 25 — President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation’s increasing assertiveness…
Amnesty to shutter Hong Kong offices, blames security law
HONG KONG, Oct 25 — Amnesty International said Monday it would shutter its offices in Hong Kong because of the threat posed to staff by a national security law that Beijing imposed on the city.The decision ends more than four…
China passes new land border law amid military standoff with India
New Delhi: Asserting that sovereignty and territorial integrity of China are “sacred and inviolable”, the country’s national legislature has adopted a new law on the protection and exploitation of the land border areas, which could have…
Myanmar activist arrested in junta raid, says wife
BANGKOK, Oct 25 — An activist who rose to prominence during Myanmar’s 1988 student uprising has been arrested in an overnight raid, his wife said Sunday, in the latest blow to the anti-junta movement as the military cracks down on…
China passes law to reduce pressure on children from homework
BEIJING: China passed a law Saturday to limit the pressure on children from homework and after-school tutoring, state media said, as the country reforms its ultra-competitive education system.The government has imposed several rules…