Death toll from Japan earthquake climbs to 34
The magnitude 7.1 quake has killed 34 people and left six more seriously injured.
Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?
Boys push a cart to transport a woman along a flooded road amid monsoon rains in Malabon City. Every typhoon…
Pacific island nation Nauru officially changes name to ‘Naoero’
The switch honours a name lost to colonial rule more than a century ago.
French teen fined in Singapore over ‘straw licking’ stunt
A French teenager has been fined about $465 after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge in Singapore.
‘Go back to your own country’: NZ foreign minister faces backlash
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Chinese-born MP to ‘go back to your own country’.
AFC president doubles down on FIFA, calling World Cup plan ‘unacceptable’
Asian Football Confederation chief says plan to sell FIFA World Cup stakes undermines sport's continental structure.
In the waters off Malaysia, Iranian oil sales continue despite blockade
A large anchorage area off the coast of Malaysia is a major marketplace for sanctioned oil.
‘Like volcanic ash falling’: Inside Aeon mall after Japan’s earthquake
Japanese PM Takaichi says 'race against time' to rescue those trapped in the mall and others affected by the quake.
Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 23 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts
0:43Police footage shows scale of damage inside Aeon mall after explosion cause by Japan quake – video Death toll in…
Japan turns to Canadian crude as Asia feels Hormuz supply pinch
Uncertainty over crude oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Asian states towards Canada's TMX crude oil.