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Twitter has launched an emoji to spotlight the "#MilkTeaAlliance" online protest movement that has forged links between pro-democracy activists across Asia. Picture: Twitter.

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Twitter spotlights Asia democracy movements with #MilkTeaAlliance emoji

By AFP

The alliance - named for the shared love of sugary tea drinks across Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan - emerged last year in an expression of cross-border...

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    UN sounds alarm on South Asia child deaths due to COVID

    The estimates were based on actual observed changes and modelling exercises using data from before the pandemic in South Asia, where in 2019 alone 1.4 million children under five died, 63% of them newborn babies.

    509 days ago
  • FILE: People wearing masks on in London. Picture: 123rf.com

    Zero COVID in Europe: Possible or pipe dream?

    In Auckland, two million New Zealanders have been confined to their homes since Monday because of three confirmed COVID-19 cases.

    537 days ago
  • A customer buys takeaway ice cream at the Venchi ice cream parlour on 4 May 2020 in Milan as Italy starts to ease its lockdown. Picture: AFP

    Europe moves ahead with lockdown easing, but caution in Asia

    As much of the world grapples to find the path forward, with the deadly virus still spreading in some places and a vaccine at best a distant reality, Europe is slowly emerging from isolation.

    801 days ago
  • This undated handout picture courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. Picture: AFP.

    NCID warns coronavirus stereotyping may cause panic, confusion

    There have been no confirmed cases in the country, but fear and anxiety continue to grow as the Covid-19 virus spreads rapidly across the globe.

    888 days ago
  • This photo taken and obtained from the Twitter account of Christina Kerby (@ChristinaKerby) on 12 February 2020 shows passengers on yoga mats onboard the US cruise ship Westerdam in the Gulf of Thailand. Picture: AFP

    No port in a storm, but cruise ship laughs off virus fears

    The Westerdam, with its 1,455 passengers and 802 crew, left Hong Kong on 1 February on what was meant to be a dream 14-day cruise across Asia, and was due to disembark this Saturday in Yokohama, Japan.

    908 days ago
  • Malaysian health officers are deployed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on 21 January 2020 as authorities increased measures against the coronavirus. Picture: AFP.

    Asia steps up defences as China virus hits 291 people, kills 6

    From Australia to Thailand and as far as Nepal, nations stepped up fever checks of passengers at airports to detect the SARS-like coronavirus, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

    930 days ago
  • FILE: Pope Francis. Picture: @vaticannews/Facebook.com.

    Pope to Asia in search of Buddhist ties, nuclear arms ban

    The pope's third trip to Asia and his 32nd trip abroad takes him to two countries with minority Catholic populations, both evangelised by Jesuit missionaries in the 16th century.

    992 days ago
  • Mosquito. Picture: Freeimages.

    Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue

    But one group of scientists is rolling out trials to breed dengue-resistant bugs in a bid to tackle one of the world's leading mosquito-borne illnesses, raising hopes the untreatable disease can finally be beaten.

    1063 days ago
  • An excavator removes damaged structures after a landslide in Paung Township, Mon state on 10 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Myanmar troops help flood rescue after landslide kills 51

    Every year monsoon rains hammer Myanmar and other countries across Southeast Asia, submerging homes, displacing residents and triggering landslides.

    1093 days ago
  • Kazakh President and presidential candidate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during Kazakhstan's presidential elections in Nur-Sultan on 9 June 2019.  Picture: AFP

    Hand-picked successor sweeps to victory in Kazakhstan vote

    Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took 70.8% of the vote in Sunday's election, the Central Election Commission said, with his nearest rival, opposition candidate Amirzhan Kosanov, taking 16.2%.

    1155 days ago
  • This handout photo released by Singapore's National Parks Board on 10 April 2019 and taken on 8 April 2019 shows confiscated sacks of pangolin scales in a holding area in Singapore. Picture: AFP

    Singapore in second major pangolin seizure in a week

    Authorities across Southeast Asia are battling to stop the rampant poaching and smuggling of pangolins, the world's most heavily trafficked mammal, which is sought for use in traditional medicine.

    1216 days ago
  • FILE: Cristiano Ronaldo. Picture: @juventusfcen/Twitter.

    Juve opt for Asian pre-season amid Ronaldo US rape claims - report

    Juventus have confirmed their participation in the event with the official programme to be unveiled on 27 March.

    1234 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Asia shares slip as China's Huawei in legal hot water; focus on Sino-US talks

    MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.5% with Australia’s benchmark index down 0.7% and South Korea’s KOSPI off 0.6%.

    1287 days ago
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Picture: AFP

    Venezuela's Maduro travels to China in search of fresh funds

    Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is currently in China and on Wednesday met with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement late Wednesday.

    1425 days ago
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    Asia's growing appetite for meat is causing problems for environment

    With supply chains ramping up to meet demand, greenhouse gas emissions will jump from 2.9 billion tonnes of CO2 per year to 5.4 billion tonnes.

    1430 days ago
  • A Thai woman and a British man hold up their marriage certificates on Valentine's Day at the central post office in the Bang Rak, or 'Love Village', district in Bangkok on 14 February 2018. Picture: AFP

    Thailand bets on 'magic pills' to boost declining birth rate

    Like several other Asian countries, Thailand is ageing rapidly. Birth rates have dropped sharply from more than 6 children per woman in 1960 to 1.5 in 2015, according to World Bank figures.

    1636 days ago
  • Emmanuel Macron, President of France. Picture: United Nations Photo

    China's new 'Silk Road' cannot be one-way, France's Macron says

    Unveiled in 2013, the Belt and Road project is aimed at connecting China by land and sea to Southeast Asia, Pakistan and Central Asia.

    1673 days ago
  • FILE: The USS John McCain. Picture: @USNavy/Twitter.

    US Navy to relieve commander after collisions in Asia - source

    The US Navy will relieve Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia, a US official said.

    1811 days ago
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