Myanmar coup Military-ruled Myanmar has charged an American journalist with sedition and terrorism, which carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, his lawyer says. Danny Fenster, 37, who was managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, was detained at Yangon international airport in May. Dozens of local journalists have been detained since a coup in February. […]
By Yvette Tan BBC News, Singapore Sarmila Dharmalingam is praying for a miracle. Her brother, Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, is set to be hanged in Singapore’s Changi Prison. If it happens, it will be the first execution Singapore has carried out since 2019. “When I’m alone and I think of my brother, there is pain. But [we […]
Two death row inmates in Japan are taking legal action against same-day executions. Prisoners on death row are only notified hours before they are to be executed. Capital punishment is conducted by hanging. Their lawyer has argued such short notice was “extremely inhumane”, local media said. Rights groups have long criticised the practice, saying it […]
Coronavirus pandemic Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday. The infection was detected in a fully vaccinated person who had arrived on a repatriation flight from New Zealand. Tonga’s Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa warned that residents on the main island of […]
By James Clayton North America technology reporter There was a time when the US tech giants were all in China – even Facebook. Today, Apple’s huge presence in the country looks increasingly conspicuous. Last week Microsoft, which still operates in China, announced it was to shut down its social network, LinkedIn, there. The company said having […]
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Like many Hindus, Bonolata Das believed a temple was a safe and sacred place. She wasn’t worried when she allowed her 21-year-old son, Pranta Chandra Das, a college student, to stay at a temple complex last week in Bangladesh’s south-eastern Noakhali district. But tragedy struck. He was allegedly beaten to […]
Myanmar coup The army general who seized power in Myanmar in February has been excluded from an annual summit of regional leaders later this month. The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) agreed to invite a non-political representative from Myanmar instead of Gen Min Aung Hlaing. It is a unprecedented move for the […]
Pakistan International Airlines has suspended flights to the Afghan capital Kabul, citing “heavy-handed” interference from the Taliban. The decision came after the Taliban ordered the airline to cut prices to levels seen before the fall of the Western-backed government in August. PIA has been the only foreign carrier operating regular flights out of […]
कोरोनावाइरस महामारी Singapore has announced it is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions and will allow quarantine-free travel from a number of nations, including the UK. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it was time to press on with the “strategy of living with Covid-19”. He said so-called vaccinated travel lanes with Germany and Brunei had […]
Coronavirus pandemic A New Zealand council’s Zoom meeting has been viewed more than 290,000 times on YouTube as people use it to pretend to take part and avoid being disturbed. The meeting of the Waipa District Council’s finance and corporate committee was recorded during a Covid-19 lockdown period in April last year. Since then, […]
