American tennis star Taylor Townsend has apologised after coming under fire for comments she made on social media about Chinese food. The 29-year-old who is in the Chinese city of Shenzhen for the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, had posted videos on Instagram in which she talked about dishes that featured frogs, turtles and sea…
Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an “ecological catastrophe” caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining. Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled into waterways in February, leading to “mass fatalities” among fish, making water undrinkable and destroying…
Two teenagers who peed into a pot of broth at a hotpot restaurant have been ordered to pay 2.2m yuan ($309,000; £227,000) to two catering companies in China. The incident, which happened in February at a Shanghai branch of China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao, sparked widespread criticism after the 17-year-olds posted a video of their…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, Singapore Reuters More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia arrived home last Friday The South Korean government says it is investigating potential human rights violations during the raid and detention of Korean workers by US authorities. South Korea has expressed “strong regret” to the…
Nepal’s newly-appointed interim prime minister says she will be in the post for no longer than six months. “I did not wish for this job. It was after voices from the streets that I was compelled to accept,” Sushila Karki said, speaking for the first time since being sworn into office on Friday. She said…
Sandip RoyKolkata, Writer Mudar patherya The 157-year-old General Post Office (GPO) building remains one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks As the air-conditioned bus weaves through the bustling traffic of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, tour leader Sujoy Sen lists the many sights on the itinerary. It sounds like a snapshot of the city’s…
More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia have arrived back home. Their return comes as the country’s president and Hyundai’s chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid. A chartered Korean Air jet carrying the workers and…
More than two million people have been evacuated in Pakistan’s Punjab province as floods sweep the country’s eastern region, authorities have said. Another 150,000 have been evacuated in Sindh province, national disaster management chief Inam Haider Malik told reporters on Thursday, warning that the “number may rise over the coming days”. Monsoon rains have killed…
