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Watanabe Mayu, actress and former member of the popular all-girl idol group AKB48, has retired from the entertainment industry due to health reasons....

Labour Secretary Law Chi-kwong has denied suggestions that the appointment of a former pro-establishment legislator as his new under secretary is a move to pacify the camp after its defeats in last year's district council elections. Speaking to report...

The heads of five universities in Hong Kong issued a joint statement on Monday expressing their support for Beijing's move to impose national security legislation on the SAR, while also stressing that they cherish the city's freedoms.The statement...

Japan's health ministry has started coronavirus antibody tests in Tokyo. The ministry will check if people have antibodies in their blood, indicating that they have had the virus in the past....

A Japanese security firm has started using a 3D virtual guard at its head office in Tokyo on a trial basis. The virtual guard checks visitors' temperatures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus....

Australia's three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative sources of income: immigration.The country has been successful in managing the outbreak and reopenin...

HONG KONG -- When Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang delivered his government's annual work report in Beijing recently, the so-called new infrastructur...

SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry said Monday it has opened websites to recei......

Protests spurred by the death of a black man detained by police in Minneapolis have spread across the United States and intensified....

INCHEON, June 1 (Yonhap) -- At least 18 infections traced to a local church were reported ......

Financial Secretary of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Paul Chan said on Sunday that the national security legislation for Hong Kong will not affect free flow of capital into and out of Hong Kong, operation of the li...

A recall vote for a high-profile mayor is stirring political acrimony in Taiwan, with accusations of voter intimidation and official interference, and......

June 2 1592 -- Joseon Dynasty Admiral Yi Sun-shin and his combined fleet destroy 20 Japa......

SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday marked the 30th anniversary of the establi......

Hong Kong health authorities should step up community testing for Covid-19, as there could be new sources of the virus, a top microbiologist said after a local couple were confirmed sick on Sunday.While the Centre for Health Protection said it was still i...

By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is pushing to revise a law gover......

SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Engineering Co., a plant engineering affiliate of Hyunda......

A group that previously expressed support for Hong Kong's independence and protest movement says its application to incorporate a new company was being held up by the Companies Registry department, which has asked it to clarify past public statements....

A Chinese man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Seoul court for murdering his daughter after his new girlfriend blamed the child for two miscarriages. She referred to the child as a "demon" who "devoured" their two unborn child...

Japanese airlines are ramping up measures to prevent coronavirus infections as they resume flights that were sharply reduced during the state of emergency....

Ahead of the fourth round of Brexit talks, the EU's chief negotiator says the economic fallout from COVID-19 makes a trade deal all the more vital. Michel Barnier also accused the UK of falling behind on its commitments....

Dispatches from Yosemite: Alone with the bears and beauty...

Online divisions: Twitter, Facebook diverge on Trump's words...

Thuram tribute to Floyd as Gladbach beats Union 4-1...

Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity...

Future of stadiums, arenas promise high tech, low capacity...

Long-haul carrier Emirates says it fires staff amid virus...

College Football Hall of Fame damaged in Atlanta protests...

Protesting lawyers detained in Moscow for violating lockdown...

AP Interview: Floyd's death opens old wounds for Sefolosha...

India expels 2 Pakistani embassy officials on spying charges...

Target temporarily closing stores due to protest dangers...

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