Taiwan to protect sovereignty with new submarines amid China tensions
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to defend the democratic island’s sovereignty with the construction of a new fleet of domestically-developed submarines, a key project supported by…
Australia opens up more borders in domestic travel boost, eyes vaccine
SYDNEY – Australia will lift more internal border restrictions in a boost for tourism as new coronavirus infections slow to a trickle, while first vaccines could be available in March,…
US agency tells Biden he can formally begin transition
WASHINGTON – The US federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition has told President-elect Joe Biden that he can formally begin the hand-over process. “I take this…
‘We’ve got your back’ – Trump advisor vows US support in South China Sea
MANILA – US national security adviser Robert O’Brien has assured the Philippines and Vietnam, countries both locked in maritime rows with China, that Washington has their backs and would fight…
S.Korea’s COVID third wave may be largest if not curbed, says official
SEOUL – South Korea has grappled with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases today, as a senior official warned it could be the country’s largest wave of infections if the spread is…
PM Morrison calls allegations of Australian atrocities in Afghanistan ‘disturbing’
MELBOURNE – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the findings of a report that the country’s special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan were “disturbing…
Vietnam threatens to shut down Facebook over censorship requests: source
HANOI – Vietnam has threatened to shut down Facebook in the country if it does not bow to government pressure to censor more local political content on its platform, a…
Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed Afghans: report
SYDNEY – Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defenceless captives in order to “blood” them…
We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope
Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said, becoming the second US drugmaker to report results that…
SpaceX capsule, carrying 4 astronauts, docks with International Space Station
WASHINGTON – Four astronauts riding a newly designed spacecraft from Elon Musk’s SpaceX docked with the International Space Station Monday night, in the first crewed mission on a privately built…
