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The Philippines has condemned China after a video emerged appearing to show a Chinese naval crew striking officers on board a Philippine rubber boat, which was trying to escort them away. According to the Philippine Armed Forces, one of its sailors suffered a 1.5-inch open head wound after being hit …

A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize – named after a writer who has been referred to …

Even though Wangchuk will not be able to participate, Dipke has said that Monday’s march will happen as planned. “If they think that taking Wangchuk away will end this movement, they are mistaken. We will remain here, and will march to parliament on 20 July,” he said. Dipke has also …

The rocket – named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India’s space programme – is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC. Chandana says today, access to space remains “a major bottleneck, …

The Philippines has condemned the “dehumanising and racist” portrayal of the country as a timid monkey strong-armed by the US and Japan to take Beijing on over the South China Sea. Last week, China Daily posted an AI-generated video featuring a monkey in a Filipino shirt. It screams as arms …

The Australian government has said it is “deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed” that Laos is not pursuing more serious charges in relation to the deaths of six backpackers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in 2024. Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, were among six people who died …

Wangchuk has so far refused to call off his fast. On Tuesday, he’d told the BBC that “I have to take what I’ve begun to its logical conclusion”. On Wednesday, a video that went viral showed the activist being helped by people while he walked. But a minute later, he …

A sudden blast of flame across a crowded bar sends revellers in panic towards a single, narrow exit. Thick, toxic smoke chokes them. The bodies of those who have succumbed block the escape of those who have not. These horrific scenes occurred not only at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao …

Dong, a police officer-turned-human rights activist, has been jailed in China several times for his activism. In 1999, Dong was fired from the police force after 13 years because he signed a petition to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the brutal Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Then in 2001, he …

The Indian agency investigating last year’s Air India plane crash that killed 260 people has said that a draft final report could be ready in October. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told the Supreme Court in an affidavit filed on Tuesday that it was currently “engaged in the analysis …

China has detained a US seismologist who tracks nuclear tests for nearly two years on espionage charges, his family says. Chen Youlin, 54, was arrested in November 2024 during a personal trip to Beijing to visit family, according to hostage advocacy group Global Reach. He is currently the only citizen …

China’s economic growth slowed sharply between the start of April and end of June as weak demand domestically and the impact of the Iran war on oil prices overshadowed the country’s strong exports. Official gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed that the world’s second largest economy grew in the second …

China’s economic growth slowed sharply between the start of April and end of June as weak demand domestically and the impact of the Iran war on oil prices overshadowed the country’s strong exports. Official gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed that the world’s second largest economy grew in the second …

During the trial in April, the minister and their lawyers argued that the mention of the ministers in the article unfairly associated their property deals with those covered in the rest of the article, which included concerns about transparency and money laundering. Shanmugam also argued that the article had been …

Preliminary investigations suggest the blaze was caused by a short circuit in an air conditioner, which quickly cut power throughout the bar. But several people who had visited the bar earlier have described it as a dark room even in its original state. Phatsara Khamloet, who visited in May, told …

“Any form of child sexual abuse is confronting and horrific, even more so when the alleged perpetrator is an individual trusted with the care of our youth,” Australian Federal Police (AFP) Acting Commander Luke Needham said. Tait worked at or attended 62 early childhood education facilities in Sydney between 2009 …

The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has visited the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand. The deadly blaze broke out at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao – the local name of the bar – which is situated in the Chatuchak …

Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly fire at a Bangkok pub that broke out just after midnight local time on Monday. At least 27 people have been killed, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said. Charnvirakul, who attended the scene, told media that a musician who was on stage at the …

Anchor attempts to close that gap. Users can zoom from the whole brainstem seen on MRI down to individual neurons while maintaining their precise spatial relationships. The researchers have made the atlas freely available online, external, hoping it becomes a reference tool for neuroscientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons worldwide. Its applications …

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon – the country’s second in a week – barrels towards the coast. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is expected to …