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Hong Kong’s first transgender singer-songwriter seeks voice through music
Published on 22/09/2024
» HONG KONG - Xavian Wu, Hong Kong's first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city's annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his story through music.
Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike
Published on 22/09/2024
» BEIRUT/CAIRO - Israel and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of war across Lebanon's south, while Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on military targets in Israel's north.
Marxist leads presidential vote as Sri Lanka rejects the old order
Published on 22/09/2024
» COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that has run the South Asian nation’s economy into the ground.
Biden says China's aggressive behaviour continues in S.China Sea, Taiwan Strait
Published on 22/09/2024
» WILMINGTON, Delaware, US - US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that China continues to "behave aggressively" in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait and President Xi Jinping is using diplomacy to advance his country's interests.
Israeli strike on Beirut kills 37
Reuters, Published on 21/09/2024
» BEIRUT - At least 37 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, including three children and seven women along with 16 Hezbollah fighters, the Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday.
Taiwan rattled by 5.3 earthquake
Published on 21/09/2024
» TAIPEI - A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Saturday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
Russia, China start naval exercises in Sea of Japan
Reuters, Published on 21/09/2024
» MOSCOW - Russia and China started naval exercises in the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited Russia's Pacific Fleet as saying.
Indian state on alert for Myanmar militants
Published on 21/09/2024
» IMPHAL, India - The northeastern state of Manipur in India has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from Myanmar, a senior security official said on Friday.
Lethal pager hack exposes dark side of Asian supply chains
Published on 21/09/2024
» The lethal hack of Hezbollah’s Asian-branded pagers and walkie-talkies has set off an intense search for the devices’ path, revealing a murky market for older technologies where buyers may have few assurances about what they are getting.
Papua rebels free New Zealander held for 19 months
Published on 21/09/2024
» JAKARTA - New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Papua, Indonesian authorities said on Saturday.