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US government, UK conservative MPs target China with Uighur genocide claims
Three of US-President elect Joe Biden's top officials threatened further action against China over human rights abuses, as UK MPs call for China trade bans.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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'Chilling': Thai woman sentenced to 43 years in jail for insulting monarchy
Human rights organisations have decried Thailand's first lese majeste jailing in years as an assault on freedom of expression.
- by Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul
'LGBT-friendly': American who enthused about Bali lifestyle deported
Kristen Gray, leaving in Bali during the pandemic with her partner Saundra Michelle Alexander, promoted the island and her book via social media.
- by Firdia Lisnawati
Deadly crash on Japan highway involves more than 130 vehicles
One person has been killed and at least 17 injured in a massive pile-up of at least 134 vehicles in blizzard conditions on a highway in northern Japan.
'Don't stop trying to reach us': Miners trapped for a week send note
The Chinese mining company did not report the 22 gold miners were missing for more than 30 hours. A week later, a note came to the surface.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Secret jabs as black market COVID vaccine doses traded at high prices
Chinese employees of the Philippines' online casinos are smuggling in shipments of Pfizer and Sinovac, though locals cannot get any vaccine legally yet.
- by Regine Cabato
Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong sent back to prison by South Korean court over bribery
In a much-anticipated retrial, the Seoul High Court found Lee guilty of bribing then-President Park Geun-hye and her close confidante in 2015.
- by Kim Tong-hyung
Indian zoo stops feeding chickens to hawks on bird flu fears
Serological tests of a brown fish owl, which died at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, confirmed that the bird was infected with the H5N8 virus.
- by Atul Prakash
'Caught in a political war': First sailors set free after months stuck at sea
But scores of others remain stranded in the multibillion-dollar trade dispute between Australia and China.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Chinese economy picks up speed, ends 2020 in solid position despite COVID
China's GDP grew 2.3 per cent in 2020 making it the only major economy to avoid a pandemic-induced contraction last year.
- by Gabriel Crossley and Kevin Yao
Indonesian teams find more bodies from Sulawesi quake
Separately about 40,000 people have been evacuated and at least 20 have been killed due to floods that affected other parts of the country at the weekend.
- by Muhammad Rifki and Yusuf Wahil