| China stiffens its defences against epidemic as death toll hits 56 -  China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a viral epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the United States, France and Japan prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak's epicentre. China has locked down the hard-hit province of Hubei in the country's centre in an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people to slow the spread of the respiratory illness. The previously unknown virus has caused global concern because of its similarity to the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) pathogen, which killed hundreds across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:24:01 -0500
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| Women grab limelight at India's Republic Day pageantry -  For the first time, the riders performing daredevil stunts on motorbikes to the delight of the crowds lining New Delhi's central Rajpath boulevard, were women. Inspector Seema Nag saluted the gathered VIPs as she led her fellow bikers, one precariously perched at the top of a ladder wedged behind her vehicle's handlebars as others formed a human pyramid, drawing the loudest cheers from thousands of spectators.
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:03:51 -0500
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| Influential aunt of N.Korea's Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in six years - ![Influential aunt of N.Korea's Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in six years]( "Influential aunt of N.Korea's Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in six years") The influential aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first public appearance in six years, state media reported on Sunday, years after her husband was executed in a purge. Kim Kyong Hui is the sister of former North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, and took a leading role during the first years of current leader Kim Jong Un's rule. On Sunday, state media showed Kim Kyong Hui sitting near Kim Jong Un at a performance celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang.
Sat, 25 Jan 2020 21:37:42 -0500
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| Chinese Uighurs in Saudi face impossible choice -  His eyes brimming with tears, a Uighur student in Saudi Arabia holds out his Chinese passport -- long past its expiry date and condemning him to an uncertain fate as the kingdom grows closer to Beijing. The Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia stopped renewing passports for the ethnic Muslim minority more than two years ago, in what campaigners call a pressure tactic exercised in many countries to force the Uighur diaspora to return home. Half a dozen Uighur families in Saudi Arabia who showed AFP their passports -- a few already expired and some approaching the date -- said they dread going back to China, where over a million Uighurs are believed to be held in internment camps.
Sat, 25 Jan 2020 21:18:12 -0500
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| Trade Truce? China and America Have a Small Trade Deal—but Will It Last? -  What if it falls apart?
Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:00:00 -0500
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