Asia Pacific

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony...

Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Keir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi...

Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old former student went on a stabbing spree...

Chinese city still officially in summer as 30-year heat record broken

One of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed...

South Korean police arrest 215 people in suspected $228m crypto scam

South Korean police have arrested 215 people on suspicion of stealing 320 billion won ($228.4m) in the biggest...

Body of ‘hero’ Australian found two days after saving German tourist from drowning in Bali

Friends and family of Australian man Craig Laidley have paid tribute to a “hero” who drowned saving someone he didn’t know.Laidley’s body was found...

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH reports surprise sales drop amid China slowdown

Shares in luxury goods brands slumped after Louis Vuitton’s LVMH reported an unexpected fall in third-quarter sales amid China’s economic slowdown.Shares in LVMH, which...

Trump vows to impose tariffs as experts warn of price hikes and angry allies

Donald Trump doubled down on his promise to levy tariffs on all imports in a bid to boost American manufacturing, a proposal that economists...

Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Nuclear Survivors See Themselves in Gaza

The decision of the Truman administration to use nuclear weapons on the civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is one of the...

Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony

Families of 20 men who were jailed for refusing to fight to preserve the former Dutch colony in Indonesia have formally asked for their...

Chinese stocks suffer worst fall in 27 years over growth concerns

Chinese stocks have suffered their worst fall in 27 years after efforts by Beijing to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy disappointed investors.Stock markets in...