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August 1, 2020

Trump says he plans to ban TikTok from US

President Trump told reporters late Friday that he plans to ban the social media platform TikTok from the United States via an executive order as soon as Saturday.

July 30, 2020

Gordon Chang weighs in on South China Sea tension as a coalition begins to form

Tensions are rising in the South China Sea and the United States as other countries rally against China for its claims to the South China Sea. Asia analyst Gordon Chang says China ‘is challenging almost all of its neighbors to its South into its

July 29, 2020

Hong Kong pro-democracy leader fired from tenured university job

A tenured law professor and leading figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement was fired from his university position Tuesday, less than a month after Beijing passed a new national security law in the semi-autonomous nation.

July 29, 2020

Flooding, mudslides hit northern Japan after heavy rainfall

Heavy rain poured over northern Japan on Wednesday, flooding residential areas and prompting warnings of mudslides.

July 28, 2020

China plant seeds mystery solved? Police, officials think packages sent to US homes could be tied to scam reviews

The mysterious, unsolicited packages of seeds supposedly being sent from China to homes across America – prompting agriculture departments in at least 31 states to issue warnings against planting them – may be tied to a fake product review scam, police and officials are saying.

July 28, 2020

Activists push for investigation over claims China is forcibly harvesting organs of Uighur population

For decades, the Chinese Communist Party depended on executed prisoners to bolster its organ transplant trade. Then it emerged that government leaders were relying on persecuted minorities to boost their bank.

July 28, 2020

North Korean who caused coronavirus scare was fleeing sexual assault investigation, report says

The man who sparked a recent coronavirus scare in North Korea after crossing its border reportedly fled the South because he was facing a sexual assault investigation, it has emerged. 

July 27, 2020

Chinese students in Australia fall victim to 'virtual kidnapping' scams: police

Chinese students in Australia have been coerced by phone scammers into staging their own kidnappings in order to extort millions from their families back home, Australian authorities said Monday.  

July 27, 2020

Vietnam evacuating 80,000 from beach city after new coronavirus cases appear

About 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, are being evacuated from the popular Vietnamese beach city of Da Nang after more than a dozen people there were confirmed to have COVID-19, the government said Monday.

July 27, 2020

Brooklyn man admits to stabbing, dismembering French wife in Mediterranean vacation home: prosecutor

An American man has been charged with murder after allegedly admitting to fatally stabbing and dismembering his French wife in their Mediterranean coastal vacation home before the couple was scheduled to return to Indonesia where they lived and worked.