Storm, Runway and Perhaps Pilot Error Are Cited in India Air Crash
NEW DELHI — The sky had turned black. Rain smeared the windows. Air India Express Flight 1344 was midair, roaring through a thunderstorm toward the...
Category: Asia Pacific News
Pompeo Warned Russia Against Bounties on U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia’s foreign minister against Moscow paying bounties to Taliban-linked militants and other Afghan fighters for killing...
Dozens Charged in Hong Kong for Taking Part in Tiananmen Protest
Two dozen democracy advocates in Hong Kong were charged on Thursday with taking part in an annual vigil honoring the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen...
Coronavirus Leads Japan to Lock Borders, Shutting Out Foreign Workers
TOKYO — When Jeff Mazziotta, a director of a nonprofit wildlife conservation organization, left Japan for South Africa in early March, he planned to spend...
3 Men Marooned in the Pacific Are Rescued After Writing SOS in the Sand
Here’s a useful tip: If you ever find yourself stuck on an uninhabited island in the Pacific, it turns out that writing SOS in giant...
With TikTok, ‘Uncool’ Microsoft Aims for the Love of Tweens
SEATTLE — Maybe money can buy love. Or, at least, Microsoft would like to find out. On Sunday, the tech giant announced in a blog...
U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies
WASHINGTON — President Trump has blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis, but as the White House looks to stabilize small...
ByteDance Said to Offer to Sell TikTok’s U.S. Operations
ByteDance, the Chinese internet giant that owns TikTok, has offered to sell all of the popular video app’s American operations as a way to save...
With Security Law as a Cudgel, Beijing Cracks Down on Hong Kong
BEIJING — For weeks, as Beijing quickly drafted and imposed a stringent new national security law for Hong Kong, many in the territory feared the...
American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to overhaul the country’s harsh blasphemy laws a day after an American citizen accused of violating them was...