This Day in History | 1969 Woodstock music festival ends

Thousands of young people are heading home after three days and nights of sex, drugs and rock and roll at the Woodstock music festival. An estimated 400,000 youngsters turned up to

Belarus | Workers hit the streets, as EU chief calls summit

Thousands of factory workers in Belarus took to the streets and hundreds of demonstrators besieged the state television headquarters yesterday, raising the pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to step

The Buzz | First Mediterranean cruise sets sail after virus tests

Cruise ship passengers had their temperatures checked and took COVID-19 tests yesterday (Macau time) so they could set sail on what is being billed as the first Mediterranean cruise after

Southeast Asia detects mutated virus strain sweeping the world

Southeast Asia is facing a strain of the new coronavirus that the Philippines, which faces the region’s largest outbreak, is studying to see whether the mutation makes it more infectious. The

This Day in History | 1998 Clinton admits Lewinsky affair

President of the United States Bill Clinton has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In a televised address Mr Clinton told the American people that

Covid-19 | South Korea reports 279 cases, most in five months

South Korea has reported 279 new coronavirus cases in the highest daily jump since early March, as fears grow about a massive outbreak in the greater capital region. The figures released

The Buzz | China’s Hong Kong garrison fires torpedoes in military drill

The Chinese army has released footage of its Hong Kong garrison firing cannons and torpedoes in a drill in the South China Sea amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington

Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets

Anti-government protesters gathered in large numbers in Thailand’s capital yesterday for a rally that suggested their movement’s strength may have extended beyond the college campuses where it has blossomed. Thousands of

This Day in History | 1941 Secret meetings seal US-Britain alliance

The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has spent the last few days in top-secret meetings with the American President, Franklin D Roosevelt. Details of the meetings only emerged after the announcement of

75 years later, one million Japanese war dead still missing

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts. The

The Buzz | China extends anti-dumping tariffs on Indian optical fiber

China’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday it has extended punitive tariffs on Indian optical fiber products for five years. The announcement follows a yearlong review after a previous tariff expired in 2019.

Pacific War’s end meant years of pain for Japanese girl in China

The last day of the Pacific War was also supposed to be Fumie Sato’s last. After hearing Emperor Hirohito’s Aug. 15, 1945, radio broadcast declaring Japan would soon be “enduring the

This Day in History | 1966 China announces Cultural Revolution

China has announced plans for a “new leap forward” after the first meeting in four years of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. The blueprint unveiled by the committee shows Peking’s determination

USA | Kamala Harris’ selection as VP resonates with Black women

China Cochran met Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Detroit last year and was swept away by her ambition, charisma and leadership. She hoped the California senator would advance

The Buzz | US Health Secretary Alex Azar says Covid-19 vaccine ‘not a race to be first’

U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar says the push to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is “not a race to be first.” Azar’s comments during a visit to Taiwan yesterday follow Russian President

Iran’s president, FM lash out at new US push on arms embargo

Iran’s president and foreign minister lashed out yesterday at a revised proposal by the U.S. that would extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran indefinitely, the latest in the Trump

This Day in History | 2003 Gilligan: language ‘wasn’t perfect’

The journalist at the centre of the controversy surrounding the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly has admitted that his language “wasn’t perfect” when he reported the government had

The Buzz | Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the

Taiwan says virus aid sent quietly to avoid Beijing protests

Taiwan sent COVID-19 assistance to foreign countries surreptitiously to avoid protests from China, its foreign minister said yesterday during a meeting with the highest-level American official to visit the island

This Day in History | 1982 Krays let out for mother’s funeral

Violet Kray, 72, died of cancer last week. It was the first time the Krays, 49, had been seen in public since being sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1969. Security

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