Heavy rains in India and Bangladesh as super cyclone bears down
Heavy rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher ground in an operation complicated by the coronaviru…
Taiwan president rejects Beijing rule; China says reunification inevitabile
Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its “one country, two systems” offer of autonomy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, in a strong rejection of China’s sovereignty claim, but called for talks so that both sides could coexist.
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Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.
Japanese pub aims to clean up with disinfectant spray machine
As Japan’s restaurants and bars slowly open up from a coronavirus lockdown, many are looking to reassure the public that dining out is safe again and one Japanese-style izakaya pub thinks it has found the perfect solution.
China’s Taiwan affairs office says reunification is natural trend
“Reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland is the natural trend of history and efforts to seek independence for the island are a dead-end, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.
Tiananmen vigil organiser calls for candles to be lit across Hong Kong
Unable to hold a mass vigil due to coronavirus controls, the people of Hong Kong should light candles across the city to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, an organiser said on Wednesday.
Taiwan president rejects Chinese rule, calls for talks to coexist
Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its “one country, two systems” offer of autonomy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, in a strong rejection of China’s sovereignty claim, but called for talks so that both sides could coexist.
Japan’s coronavirus crisis sparks calls for revamping the school year
Advocates of changing Japan’s century-old tradition of starting the school year in April, when cherry blossoms bloom, are seizing on school closures caused by the coronavirus as a chance for reforms they say will internationalise education.
El Salvador’s president extends lockdown, crimping law allowing restart of economy
El Salvador’s government on Tuesday extended a strict lockdown until June 6, after President Nayib Bukele threatened to veto a law passed by Congress aimed at accelerating the reopening of the country’s economy prior to that date.
