Hong Kong Gay Couples Win Legal Victory Over Inheritance Law
Hong Kong’s high court on Friday ruled that same-sex couples should receive equal treatment under inheritance law, in a step forward for LGBT rights in the finance hub.
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Wuhan Next-of-Kin Accuse China of Blocking COVID Lawsuits
Wuhan pensioner Zhong Hanneng endured every parent’s worst nightmare when coronavirus claimed her son in February, and — alongside other bereaved relatives — she wants to sue the local government she blames for his death.
Bahrain Royal Mountain Team Arrives in Nepal Despite Virus Ban
A mountaineering team including a Bahraini prince arrived in Nepal Wednesday, expedition organisers said, after officials made an exception to a coronavirus ban on foreign arrivals.
Locked Up, Back Up: The Thai Dissidents Who Refuse to Give In
Jailed seven years for publishing satire of a fictitious royal family, activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is in awe today as university students spearhead a growing movement demanding reforms to Thailand’s ultra-powerful monarchy.
Young Australian an Unlikely Target for China’s Fury
An Australian university student who has never visited China and has only a modest social media following would seem an unlikely target for the Chinese government.
India’s Coronavirus Cases Pass 5 Million
India’s total coronavirus cases passed five million on Wednesday, health ministry data showed, as the pandemic extends its grip on the vast country at an ever-faster rate.
Documentary Film on Wuhan’s Outbreak Captured Harrowing Footage of Ground Zero
Back in February, when few Americans were aware of a distant and oddly named phenomenon called coronavirus, two Chinese filmmakers strapped on hazmat suits and embedded themselves in Wuhan’s overrun hospitals.
South Korean Activist for ‘Comfort Women’ Charged with Embezzlement
An activist-turned-MP has been indicted for embezzling more than 100 million won donated to help elderly victims used by Japan as wartime sex slaves, South Korean officials said Monday.
Social Credit App: The Perfect System to Spy on Each Other Until Every Citizen is Covered
By the end of 2020, China is expected to have a “social credit system” in place to rank each of the 1.4 billion citizens according to their behavior. The most disciplined and loyal citizens rank high. Critics rank quite low. Religious and ethnic minorities rank the lowest irrespective of whether they are disciplined.
Terror at Sea: Rohingya Migrants Tell of 200-Day Ordeal
When hundreds of Rohingya refugees paid traffickers to escape their squalid camp in Bangladesh, they were promised a new life in Malaysia after just one week at sea.
North Korea Issues Shoot-to-Kill Orders to Prevent Virus
North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South.
After Bollywood Star’s Suicide, a TV ‘Witch Hunt’
India has more than four million coronavirus cases and an explosive border stand-off with China, but the story dominating television news for months is how a Bollywood actress supposedly drove her ex-boyfriend to suicide with pot and black magic.
Under Beijing’s Watchful Eye, Joshua Wong Treads Fine Line
Not a day goes by without Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong wondering how long it will be before the police’s new national security unit comes for him.
World Wildlife Plummets More Than Two-Thirds in 50 Years
Global animal, bird and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts said Thursday in a stark warning to save nature in order to save ourselves.
China Offers Pre-Marriage Counseling to Prevent Divorce
China is offering state-sponsored marriage counseling to couples before they tie the knot in an attempt to slow rising divorce rates.
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Hundreds of Organizations Urged UN to Strip Beijing of 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Hundreds of organizations urged the United Nations to probe rights violations in China on Wednesday as other groups called for Olympic chiefs to strip Beijing of the 2022 winter games.
