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With China accounting for nearly a third of the world’s total emissions, any cuts it achieves will make a substantial difference for the world – and for fossil fuel exportsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newslett…
Huang Chu-jung, previously an assistant to a New Taipei city councillor, receives longest sentence of 10 yearsFour former employees of Taiwan’s ruling political party have been convicted of spying for China and handed prison sentences of up to 10 years…
Huge clear-up efforts start after scale of damage from storm, which reportedly killed 25 in Taiwan and the Philippines, becomes apparentHuge clear-up operations were under way in southern China and Hong Kong on Thursday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa batt…
South Korea said Thursday that North Korea may possess up to two tonnes of highly enriched uranium, enough to build a large number of nuclear weapons, despite years of sanctions.
Two candidates have emerged as favourites to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote next weekThe next leader of Japan’s ruling party will either be the country’s first female prime minister or its youngest leader since the war. …
Since new rules for the Active Investor Plus visa came into effect in April, applicant numbers have almost tripledWealthy investors from the US, China and Hong Kong are the leaders in applications for New Zealand’s “golden visas” after the government r…
At a climate leaders’ summit at the United Nations on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7-10%, and increase consumption of non-fossil fuels domestically. Xi discouraged developed nati…
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of everybody’Vanuatu is working on securing a UN vote to turn a landmark ruling on the climate crisis by the international court of justice (ICJ) into…
Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison BrieAn Australian horror film featuring a scene with a same-sex wedding was reportedly digitally altered for release in mainland China, transforming the …
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Ragasa: 17 killed in Taiwan as storm batters Hong KongIn pictures: Ragasa’s path of destructionSuper Typhoon Ragasa is the strongest storm of 2025 and is now bearing down on China’s southern…