TSMC founder Morris Chang receives medal of honour
Taiwanese tycoon Morris Chang received one of the island鈥檚 highest medals of honour on Friday, in recognition of his achievements as the founder of semiconductor...
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Opening devil鈥檚 door in Asia-Pacific
POLITICAL tensions are increasing in the Asian-Pacific region after a summit in Washington resulted in indications that New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines are moving towards greater integration with the US-led military bloc in the region...
Solomon Islands voters go to polls with China鈥檚 influence in focus
Solomon Islanders in shanty towns and far-flung islands voted on Wednesday in an election that will decide whether their nation draws closer to China 鈥� with consequences for the entire South Pacific...
Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug-resistant TB
A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in the Asia-Pacific region, raising hopes of a 鈥榥ew era鈥� in tackling one of the world鈥檚 deadliest infectious diseases...
Police racism under-reported: EU rights agency
The European Union rights agency on Wednesday called for reforms 鈥榯o stamp out racism in policing鈥� across the bloc, including collecting data better to assess the problem....
The peril of forgetting Guantanamo
LAST weekend my father, Larry Greenberg, passed away at the age of 93. Several days later, I received an email from the French film director Phillippe Diaz who sent me a link to