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North Korea Reports 230K Fever Cases in a Day. Kim Jong Un Looks On

North Korea has disclosed more than 230,000 new "fever" cases, widely suspected to be linked to an explosive COVID outbreak, as its leader, Kim...

John Feng

The Vatican has expressed concern after 90-year-old outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested last week in Hong Kong on charges he had endangered...

Democracy is under heavy assault throughout Asia. In the latest 2022 Freedom in the World report released by Freedom House, the continent is home...

There was a markedly different mood in the first days of Sri Lanka's New Year this year. It was a testament to the country's grave woes that...

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter on Monday, some observers wondered if China—where the carmaker has an important plant and market—would...