A Chinese Billionaire Dies Every 40 Days

Unnatural deaths have taken the lives of 72 mainland billionaires over the past 8 years...15 were murdered, 17 committed suicide, 7 died from accidents and 19 from illness. 14 were executed. (Welcome to China.)"By Ray Kwong Apparently, one Chinese billionaire dies every 40 days:...

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes

By MARK STEVENSONFILE - In this Feb. 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico's “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of their own: the cartel kidnapped in mid-May 2021, several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names...

Myanmar Guerrillas Capture Gov’t Base; Airstrikes Follow

By GRANT PECKIn this image made from video by the Transborder News, smoke rises from a Myanmar Army camp near the border of Myanmar and Thailand Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base Tuesday in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's civilian government in February. (Transborder News...

Sri Lanka cabinet approves proposed ban on burqas in public

 Citing national security concerns, the Buddhist-majority island nation’s cabinet clears proposal to ban full-face veils in public.A burqa-clad Sri Lankan Muslim woman in the capital, Colombo [File: Eranga Jayawardena/AP]Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposed ban on wearing full-face veils including Muslim burqas in public, citing national security grounds, despite a United Nations...

South Korea cancels Korea-China Culture Town project amid mounting anti-Chinese sentiment

 Over 650,000 people signed an online petition against the project in Gangwon Province, despite officials repeatedly stating it was a cultural park, not a ChinatownSouth Korean public sentiment against China has been growing in recent years, with an analyst warning this could damage diplomatic efforts to improve ties Had it gone ahead, the Korea-China Culture Town would have been built...

Hong Kong Passes Law That Can Stop People Leaving

Bar association and activists decry Beijing-type immigration act with ‘exit ban’ powersThere are fears that Hong Kong’s new law, which sailed through the legislature, gives the government unfettered powers on who comes in and out the territory. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/ReutersHong Kong has passed a new immigration law that includes powers to stop people entering or leaving the city, raising fears...

50,000 fans attend rock concert in COVID-free New Zealand

By Jesse O’Neill More than 50,000 people packed New Zealand's Eden Park to see the country's own Six60 band perform on April 24, 2021. AP As the rest of the world isolates, New Zealand rocks! More than 50,000 people gathered for a massive rock concert in the island nation, which is free of social-distancing requirements after...

Armenians Celebrate Biden's Genocide Declaration as Furious Turkey Summons US Ambassador

By Christina Zhao Armenia celebrated President Joe Biden's recognition of the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide on Saturday, as Turkey summoned the U.S. ambassador and strongly condemned the move."Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity...

Report: China, Russia fueling QAnon conspiracy theories

Michael Isikoff·Chief Investigative CorrespondentMon, April 19, 2021, 5:00 PM·5 min readPhoto illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images, Getty Images (3)Foreign-based actors, principally in China and Russia, are spreading online disinformation rooted in QAnon conspiracy theories, fueling a movement that has become a mounting domestic terrorism threat, according to new analysis...

Sex workers get priority vaccine access in Vancouver

 Everyone’s version of essential workers is different when it comes to vaccinating the population. Some think health workers should be at the front of the line, others think teachers. In Vancouver, sex workers are now getting priority treatment. The PACE Society, an organization in the city’s Downtown Eastside which “provides support, advocacy, and education by,...

China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India

The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest and deepest canyon STR AFP ...

‘The Dictators Will Not Have Good Days Forever,’ Says Veteran Myanmar Activist

  Min Ko Naing, a Myanmar democracy activist and 88 Generation Students Group cofounder, speaks at a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of an uprising against a former military junta, at Yangon University in Yangon, Aug. 8, 2018. Democracy activist Min Ko Naing, who has has spent more...

Rhino Numbers on the Rise: 16% increase in Nepal’s rhino numbers

Kathmandu, Nepal – Nepal’s rhino population has shown a promising 16% increment as indicated by the results of the National Rhino Count 2021 released by the Government of Nepal today. The current population of the species stands at 752 individuals compared to the 2015 estimate of 645 in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape.    The National Rhino Count 2021 began on 22 March 2021 and concluded...

Myanmar Regime Troops Shoot 8 People Dead in Mandalay Night Raid

Eight people were shot dead and more than 30 were injured when police and soldiers opened fire with live rounds during a raid on residential areas in Mandalay on Sunday night. The shootings followed a deadly confrontation between security forces and anti-regime protesters earlier...

China Makes It A Crime To Question Military Death Toll On The Internet

  By Emily Feng A paramilitary police officer talks next to a screen showing frontier soldiers of the People's Liberation Army during an event at a primary...

As the Chinese embassy in London prepares to move into its new location...

Councilors voted to consider naming roads and buildings in the surrounding area of the site Tiananmen Square, Uyghur Court, Hong Kong Road, and Tibet Hill.Tiananmen Square, Uyghur Court: Tower Hamlets plans name changes in solidarityAs the Chinese embassy prepares to move in, councillors vote to support the ‘freedom and diversity of our borough’The Royal Mint building on Little Tower Hill in London...