Thai police raid former Tesco clothing supplier at centre of sweatshop claims
VK Garment factory in Mae Sot is subject of a UK lawsuit against the supermarket from 130 ex-workers Thai police have raided a clothing factory...
Category : Asia Pacific
Fijian British army veteran injured on Afghan tour granted right to settle
Ioane Koroiveibau’s case gives hopes to hundreds of other Commonwealth nationals who served in UK forces A Fijian British army veteran who suffered from deafness...
‘The authorities will step up control’: where next for China after protests?
After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual crackdown Since Xi Jinping came to power a decade...
Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai jailed for fraud
Apple Daily founder, who recently completed sentence over territory’s pro-democracy protests, convicted in contract dispute involving newspaper offices Hong Kong pro-democracy media owner Jimmy Lai...
Economists hail end to zero Covid in China but huge human toll is feared
Low rate of vaccination of elderly and a lack of natural immunity mean country may be in for a bumpy ride Beijing’s abrupt dismantling of...
Activists appeal for rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea in leaking boat
Vessel thought to have embarked from Bangladesh is reportedly near Malaysia with 160 people onboard who have no food or water Activists have called for...
Canada and China prepare to open Cop15 biodiversity summit despite rifts
Ministers and experts say disputes between co-hosts unlikely to disrupt efforts to reach deal on protecting natural world More than 10,000 scientists, government officials and...
China’s vice-premier signals shift in Covid stance as some lockdowns eased
Sun Chunlan says Omicron less pathogenic as Beijing appears to respond to zero-Covid protests by relaxing some measures China’s zero-Covid policy explained in 30 seconds...
Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies at 96
State media say Jiang died from leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai Jiang Zemin obituary China’s former leader Jiang Zemin, who was elevated to...
Covid restrictions lifted in Chinese city of Guangzhou after protests
Police still searching for protesters in other cities as top security body urges crackdown on ‘hostile forces’ Authorities have abruptly lifted Covid restrictions in the...
