MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has tested positive for COVID-19, his spokeswoman said on Friday (Jul 8), two days after he met face-to-face with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila. Marcos Jr, who was sworn into office on Jun 30, has cancelled in-person meetings as he recovers fromContinue Reading
TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe died of his injuries on Friday (Jul 8) after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election. No vital signs were detected upon his arrival in hospital and doctors tried to resuscitate him, a hospital spokesperson said. The former prime minister diedContinue Reading
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BEIJING: China’s military said on Friday (Jul 8) that it recently held joint combat readiness exercises, patrols and combat drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, as a senior US senator visited Taipei for a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, bristlesContinue Reading
Abe, 67, had been delivering a speech near a train station when he was shot by an assailant at around 11.30am. Footage broadcast by NHK showed Abe standing on a stage when a loud blast was heard with smoke visible in the air. Police said a 41-year-old man suspected ofContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Barristers from a British law firm who are representing jailed Hong Kong tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai said on Thursday (Jul 7) they had received anonymous e-mails warning them against travelling to the city to defend him. Lai is among the most prominent people in Hong Kong toContinue Reading
Across China this year, as many as 487 rivers have exceeded their flood warning levels, while over 1.2 million people have been evacuated, with direct economic losses hitting nearly 65 billion yuan (US$9.7 billion) so far. Since the start of the flooding season, China has been hit by nine large-scaleContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food and economic situation in the country. North Korea state broadcasters said the city of Sinuiju had reported its heaviest rainfall of the year on Thursday (Jul 7),Continue Reading
The veteran Singaporean arts administrator, who died on Jul 7, led SAM for five years and organised two editions of the Singapore Biennale. He also had a stint as the director of the prestigious Asia Society Museum in New York.Continue Reading
TOKYO: The shooting of Japan’s former premier, Shinzo Abe, was an “unforgiveable act”, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (Jul 8), condemning it in the “strongest terms”. Abe is currently in a “very grave condition”, he added. “I pray that former prime minister Abe will survive,” Kishida said, adding that “everythingContinue Reading