Category: Asia

Tue 27 September 2022: China on Tuesday launched three environment-monitoring satellites into space. Identified as Shiyan, meaning “experiment”, the satellites were blasted into their orbit at around 7.50 a.m. (2350GMT Monday) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi. Home-built Long March-6 rocket carried the three satellites named Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 into the preset orbit. “The Shiyan satellite trio […]

Mon 26 September 2022: Countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have requested a debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council to address concerns about China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a document and diplomats on Monday, Reuters reported. Following the release […]

Sun 25 September 2022: The internet is abuzz with speculation about China President Xi Jinping being under house arrest. According to several posts on social media, Xi Jinping has been removed as the head of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and has been placed under house arrest. Neither the country’s ruling Chinese Communist Party nor […]

Fri 23 September 2022:  A group of hundreds of civil society groups has written an open letter to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres telling him to stop UN agencies, funds and others connected with the organisation from engaging with the generals who seized control of the country from its elected government in a coup last […]

Thu 22 September 2022: Angelina Jolie, a top Hollywood actress and special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, urged the international community to do more as millions of people are in trouble in the flood-hit areas of Pakistan. During her visit to the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) late Wednesday, Jolie said […]