1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (149+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed opposition to any violation of sovereignty at a summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies,in what appears to be a veiled warning to the United States and other countries concerning the situation…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (130+ words) The Wall Street Journal has reported that Iran obtained high-resolution satellite images of a US base in Jordan from Chinese entities before carrying out its attack on the target in July. The US Central Command says three American soldiers were…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (175+ words) Japan's government plans to update a procedure for repatriating the remains of people who died overseas in World War Two. The aim is to bring them back faster when possible. Welfare ministry officials presented the changes on Tuesday at a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (165+ words) A court in Hong Kong has sentenced the organizers of a vigil for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. They face at least five years in jail. The three defendants belonged to a civic group called the Hong Kong…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (107+ words) Search for hydropower project workers intensifies in Nepal nhk.or.jp Rescuers in Nepal are racing to find hundreds of missing hydropower project workers following devastating flash floods The military says about 120 could still be trapped in tunnels Officials say…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (219+ words) China's government says it will impose what amounts to a tariff on a chemical imported from Japan that's used in making semiconductors. China's Commerce Ministry on Monday said the prices of the dichlorosilane material are kept unfairly low and the…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (147+ words) Struggling German auto giant Volkswagen says its supervisory board has approved a massive cost-cutting plan. The carmaker will now start discussions on how to proceed with around 100,000 job cuts and the closure of four factories in Germany. The automaker said…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (235+ words) China's Foreign Ministry has allowed international media to visit a site in the Tibet Autonomous Region that suffered extensive damage in a devastating mudslide last month. Media personnel traveled to the city of Shigatse near the border with Nepal. Images…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (230+ words) The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for landslides for Tokyo's Niijima Village as of 4:15 a.m. on Monday. It's the highest level of alert on the agency's scale of 1 to 5. Russia has erected a monument commemorating the former Soviet…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (224+ words) The US Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against an investment bank and its subsidiaries in Turkey, accusing them of facilitating funds for Iran. The department says it has designated the Turkey-based Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries as sanction…...