China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade, a report from two clean-energy groups said Thursday.
UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on protests in Bangladesh
The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister.
US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia
President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow to organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams.
China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring up a diplomatic spat between the tiny nation and its chief benefactor, New Zealand.
Rescuers recover 1 body and search for 28 people in a landslide in southwest China
Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province raced against time Sunday to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains killed one person and buried homes.
Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza
Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok on Sunday.
Philippine vice president’s impeachment trial will start after Congress reopens in June
The Philippine Senate president said Thursday the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will begin after Congress reopens in June and vowed to avoid a repeat of stalled 2001 impeachment proceedings that sparked massive protests and forced a president to step down.
China’s Xi and Thailand’s leader vow to crack down on scam networks that plague Southeast Asia
China’s leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed to crack down on the scam networks that plague Southeast Asia as the two leaders met on Thursday in Beijing.
Pakistan’s president says extremist attacks won’t end friendship with China
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday that his country’s friendship with China has “gone through ups and downs” but it won’t be broken down by extremist attacks that have killed Chinese nationals.
Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition
Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption.
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