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Courts
HK media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted under Beijing-imposed national security law
The 78-year-old, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a vocal democracy campaigner, faces potential life imprisonment.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Opinion
Modern slavery
Unspeakable violence against girls and women meets global silence
Australia has just introduced a world-leading sanctions regime against the Taliban, an important but insufficient step as the world turns away.
- by Virginia Haussegger
Philippines says three fishermen injured by Chinese water cannons in South China Sea
Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and blocking manoeuvres against 20 Philippine fishing boats off a disputed South China Sea shoal, the Philippine coast guard said.
Japan accelerates military build-up amid tensions with China
Japan is racing to fortify some of its most vulnerable territory, but that is raising the stakes of the current spat between Tokyo and Beijing.
- by Alastair Gale in Yonaguni
Junta airstrikes on Myanmar hospital kill at least 33
The hit could be the deadliest on a hospital in almost five years of Myanmar civil war.
- by Zach Hope
Why China is putting a tax on condoms
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in more than three decades.
- by Fu Ting
Analysis
China relations
As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far
Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.
- by Lisa Visentin
Miss Universe contestant suffered serious head injury in stage fall, update reveals
Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry requires constant medical supervision weeks after falling off the stage in Bangkok.
- by Tom Housden
Marles sounds alarm after Chinese fighter ‘locks on’ to Japanese jets
Experts say the statement of support for Japan is cautious but welcome after a month-long campaign of retaliation from Beijing for a remark by Japan’s PM.
- by Lisa Visentin
Fresh airstrikes shatter Asian ceasefire Trump claimed as a victory
Six weeks ago, a smiling US president was celebrating the ceasefire he had brokered. Now Thailand has once more deployed fighter jets against its neighbour.
- by Zach Hope
Analysis
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, tragedy fuels a national security crackdown
The Wang Fuk Court towers were still smouldering when Hong Kong authorities shifted gear from crisis to crackdown.
- by Lisa Visentin
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