‘Anti-feminist’ strategy may backfire for South Korea's next leader
While Yoon Suk-yeol ultimately won South Korea’s closest-ever presidential election, his "gender split” strategy left the electorate more sharply divided along gender lines.
The news came as the White House national security adviser met with China’s top diplomat for six hours in Rome to discuss a range of issues, including Ukraine.
China sees at least one winner emerging from Ukraine war: China
With a strategy to shield itself from the worst economic and diplomatic consequences it could face, China seeks to benefit from geopolitical shifts once the smoke clears.
Taiwan Air Force loses another fighter in second crash in three months
The air force said the French-built aircraft took off just after 10 a.m. on a training mission from the Chihhang air base in Taitung but had to return after a mechanical problem.
Russia asked China for military and economic aid for Ukraine war, U.S. officials say
Moscow was eyeing help from Beijing to help counteract the battering its economy has taken from broad sanctions imposed by the U.S., European and Asian nations.
South Korea sees imminent prospect of North ICBM test, reports say
Tensions have been rising amid growing signs that Pyongyang could soon follow through on its threats to restart ICBM tests, breaking a self-imposed 2017 moratorium.
China locks down tech hub Shenzhen as COVID cases jump
The lockdown, which came after virus cases doubled nationwide to nearly 3,400, will be accompanied by three rounds of city-wide mass testing, according to a government notice.
On Pacific islands COVID-19 once spared, an outbreak accentuates inequality
Serious coronavirus infections have disproportionately affected New Caledonians of Pacific Island descent, highlighting social inequalities in the territory.
China fires mayors and closes schools as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
China’s National Health Commission announced Saturday that another 1,524 locally transmitted coronavirus cases had been detected in provinces across mainland China.
Shanghai restricts travel as China’s new cases double
While China still has far fewer COVID-19 cases than most countries, the daily count of infections has accelerated rapidly.
Top China COVID fighter is woman who hit party’s glass ceiling
Sun Chunlan is the only female vice premier in China’s entrenched patriarchy, the sole woman on its powerful 25-member Politburo and the top official overseeing pandemic control.
U.S. sanctions Russian firms after North Korea found testing ICBM system
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions on three Russian companies and two related individuals for allegedly supporting North Korea's weapons development program.
