Four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?” T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon on July 4 and had their bags searched.
China state museum opens in Hong Kong amid patriotism drive
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s famed Palace Museum began displaying artifacts in Hong Kong on July 3 amid a drive to build loyalty to Beijing in the former British colony […]
‘It’s terrible:’ Philadelphia mayor sorry for slain Filipino
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The mayor of Philadelphia expressed shock and sorrow over the killing of a Filipino lawyer who was shot in the city […]
Bhutan Buddhist leader ordains 144 women, resuming tradition
By HALEY BARKER Religion News Service (RNS) — On June 21, the Je Khenpo, the senior Buddhist authority in Bhutan, began ordaining a group of 144 women as bhikshunis, or […]
Censors delete discussion of Beijing’s future COVID control
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Digital censors quickly deleted a hashtag “the next five years” on June 27 as online discussion swirled in response to reported […]
Female referee at men’s World Cup wants the game to shine
Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pele or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.”
Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil
Naomi Kawase, the director of the official film of the Tokyo Olympics, acknowledged she was taken aback at first about her assignment.
Duterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president
Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath on June 19 as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her father’s human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down.
China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
BEIJING (AP) — China on June 10 attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated lie, after […]
Vietnam’s health minister arrested over COVID test gouging
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s health minister and the mayor of the capital Hanoi have been arrested as part of an expanding investigation into massive price gouging of COVID-19 tests, […]
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