Under the curtain: Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions
When the Indian government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and reclassified it as a union territory earlier this month, it left many citizens there in a state of confusion and concern.
US sails warship near contested islands in South China Sea amid tensions with China
The US Navy sailed a warship within 12 nautical miles of two contested islands in the South China Sea Wednesday, part of what it calls a "freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP).
KASHMIR LOCKDOWN 500 protests, many injured
At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government source said Wednesday. The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown, imposed hours before India’s decision to bring Kashmir under its direct rule. Movement is restricted and phone and internet services have been cut.
Why pro-democracy troublemaker Jimmy Lai is the only Hong Kong multi-millionaire standing up to China
Jimmy Lai has been a public target for decades. It all started after the Hong Kong business tycoon — a refugee from China — reinvented himself in the mid-1990s as the founder of the city's provocative, anti-Beijing tabloid, Apple Daily.
Costco's first China store was so popular it shut down traffic. But can it keep the buzz going?
Costco has built a cult following in the United States — now it's China's turn. The country's first Costco store is so popular that it had to shut down early on its first day because of too many shoppers.
Under the cover of president’s rule in Kashmir
THE lynchpin of the government’s legal measures to declare Article 370 inoperative and reorganise Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories is the constitution (application to Jammu and
Trump leans into his chaotic style
President Donald Trump tried to explain his agitating approach to life, politics and the rest of the world in a flash of impatience during a blustery news conference in France.
Boris Johnson, GMOs and glyphosate
IN HIS first speech to parliament as British prime minister, Boris Johnson said: ‘Let’s start now to liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let’s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.’
Trump says Modi feels he has ‘it under control’ in Kashmir
US President Donald Trump said Monday he had no need to help mediate between Pakistan and India over tensions in disputed Kashmir because prime minister Narendra Modi feels he has it ‘under control’.
'All you can see is death.' The regions reeling from the Amazon rainforest fires
The smoke is so thick, at times the Cessna airplane had to climb to stay out of it. At times your eyes burn and you close the air vents to keep the cabin habitable. Sometimes it is so bad, it is hard to see how bad it actually is on the ground below.
