Twenty years is 'a death sentence', son of British media tycoon jailed by China says
A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old British citizen Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found...
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Japan has given Takaichi a landslide win – but can she bring back the economy?
Japan has been battling sluggish growth, mounting public debt and a rapidly ageing workforce.
Thailand election: The result the polls never saw coming
Why did a youthful, progressive party do so poorly compared to a transactional, old-style party?
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail
Lai's supporters say this amounts to a death sentence, but authorities say it demonstrates the rule of law.
Why young people are turning against India
That imbalance, critics argue, was reinforced after Hasina's fall. Mohammad Touhid Hossain, foreign affairs adviser to Yunus, says India failed...
This Ballad Hospital, Flooded by Hurricane Helene, Will Be Rebuilt for $44M in a Flood Plain
A small Tennessee hospital that was destroyed by a surging river during Hurricane Helene will soon be rebuilt on low-lying...
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election.
Christchurch shooter seeks to overturn guilty plea
Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence after murdering 51 people in the March 2019 attack on two mosques in...
Australia's opposition coalition reunites after row over hate-speech laws
The Nationals had split from the Liberals citing free speech concerns over laws brought in after the Bondi Beach attack.
Polls close in Thai election pitting reformists against conservatives
Thai voters are choosing between sweeping change or more of the same in an election called after several coalition governments...
