Tag: Asia
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced for Tiananmen vigil
<p>HONG KONG — Prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to more jail time Thursday for participating in an unauthorized vigil to commemorate the...
Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures
<p>TOKYO — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained ten of thousands of signatures since being launched in...
Ramadan in China: Faithful dwindle under limits on religion
KASHGAR, China — Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he's fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and...
Tavatanakit and Thitikul lead home LPGA Thailand by 1
<p>PATTAYA, Thailand — Local stars Patty Tavatanakit and Atthaya Thitikul carded 8-under 64s to share a stroke lead after the first round of the...
Pfzier and BioNTech to donate vaccines for Olympic athletes
<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said...
Rights report: State of Afghan women’s health care grim
<p>KABUL, Afghanistan — After nearly 20 years since the ouster of the Taliban and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on infrastructure and aid,...
General says US may train Afghan forces in other countries
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. military may continue to train Afghan security forces, but do it in other countries after American forces leave Afghanistan, the...
General: China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic
WASHINGTON — The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of...
China suspends economic dialogue with Australia
BEIJING — China on Thursday suspended an economic dialogue with Australia, stepping up a pressure campaign that began over Australian support for a probe...
On the ground and afar, diaspora boosts India’s virus fight
India's large diaspora — long a boon to India's economy — is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its home country...