Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen was allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City.
China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs
China on Thursday denied any suggestion that it was in active negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over tariffs, saying that any notion of progress in the matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.”
Indian police say gunmen kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in disputed Kashmir
Gunmen shot and killed at least 26 tourists on Tuesday at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said in what appeared to be a major shift in a regional conflict in which tourists have largely been spared.
Cardinal Luis Tagle could become first Asian pope
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila and head of the Vatican’s missionary office, is emerging as a leading contender to succeed Pope Francis following his death on Monday.
Nora Aunor, an actor among the Philippines’ biggest stars, dies at 71
Nora Aunor, who became one of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema during a career that spanned seven decades, has died.
Ancient jawbone from Taiwan belongs to a mysterious group of human ancestors, scientists say
An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.
Osaka Expo opens in Japan offering a vision of the future. Here’s what to know
The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite the world divided by tensions and wars.
Lego opens a toy factory in Vietnam it plans to run entirely on clean energy
Lego opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam on Wednesday that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy.
A fire kills 20 people at a nursing home in northern China
A fire at a nursing home in northern China has killed 20 people, according to state media, as officials investigate the cause of the fire.
Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump’s cuts
After hiding in Thailand for seven years, two Cambodian journalists arrived in the United States last year on work visas, aiming to keep providing people in their Southeast Asian homeland with objective, factual news through Radio Free Asia.
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