CNN — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has conceded his Labour party lost Saturday’s election, as voters punished the government and took the country rightwards nine months after his predecessor Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned. The rising cost of living dominated campaigning with voters New Zealanders ending six years of Labour Party rule, the latter […]
CNN — A Hong Kong court has dismissed a government bid to deny same-sex married couples the right to rent and own public housing, saying that it was “discriminatory in nature” and a complete denial of such couples’ rights. The ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday is the latest in a series […]
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Nawaz Sharif, the fugitive former prime minister of Pakistan, has returned to the South Asian nation after nearly four years in self-exile, stirring up the country’s already fraught political scene as it awaits what is expected to be a tumultuous national election. Sharif, who has served as Pakistan’s prime minister three […]
Tokyo, Japan CNN — Japan’s government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan following the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022. The government’s move comes after a months-long probe into the church, formally known in Japan as the Family Federation for […]
Hong Kong CNN — China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions. In a statement, Philippine authorities said a Chinese Coast Guard ship carried out […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — An 82-year-old man in South Korea had a heart attack after choking on a piece of “live octopus,” or san-nakji, a local delicacy comprised of freshly severed – and still wriggling – tentacles. Fire station authorities in Gwangju, a city near the country’s southern tip, received a report on Monday […]
Editor’s Note: The story below contains a graphic image Story highlights The buildings collapsed early Monday local time State media reports they were built by villagers 28 people were rescued from the rubble Hong Kong CNN — At least 22 people were killed in eastern China when residential buildings collapsed early Monday morning local time, […]
Story highlights Opposition parties say no to a national vote on same-sex marriage Australia is one of the last Western countries without same-sex marriage CNN — Australia’s parliament is almost certain to vote down a national referendum on same-sex marriage, potentially delaying marriage equality in the country for years. Though it backs same-sex marriage, the […]
Story highlights One 17-story apartment building collapsed; two bodies found in the rubble At least 150 people in southern city of Tainan taken to hospitals CNN — At least 18 people were killed and more than 500 were injured Saturday morning when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan, the official Central News Agency reported. More than […]
Story highlights North Korea’s most famous newsreader has been on air for more than 40 years This year, she’s announced a “successful” satellite launch and hydrogen bomb test CNN — One of North Korea’s most familiar faces is back. Television anchor Ri Chun-hee delivered the news Sunday that the country had successfully sent a satellite […]
