4 h. ago Murdoch family reach deal on succession as Lachlan gets media empire

The Murdoch family has reached a deal that will see Rupert Murdoch’s politically conservative eldest son Lachlan Murdoch cement control of the family media empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. The agreement, announced on Monday, ends a family brawl over who will control one of the most high-profile global media groups and puts to rest questions of succession within the Murdoch family after its patriarch’s death. The drama is considered to be one of the inspirations for the...

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4 h. ago Murdoch family settles succession dispute as Lachlan gets media empire

The Murdoch family has reached a deal that will see Rupert Murdoch’s politically conservative eldest son Lachlan Murdoch cement control of the family media empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. The agreement, announced on Monday, ends a family brawl over who would control one of the most high-profile global media groups and puts to rest questions of succession within the Murdoch family after its patriarch’s death. The drama was considered to be one of the inspirations for...

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20 h. ago China teenage girl dies in road accident just days after being accepted to university

The death of an 18-year-old girl in China who was accepted by a medical school in July only to be killed in a road accident days later has sparked a wave of sympathy online. Du Binyang, from a rural family in Yanyuan county, Sichuan province, southwestern China, was admitted to the rehabilitation major at North Sichuan Medical College at the end of July. Just weeks earlier she had taken the gruelling national university entrance examination, known as “gaokao”, Red Star News reported. However,...

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21 h. ago Korean mother accused of suitcase murders stands trial in New Zealand

A woman accused of killing her two young children and hiding their bodies in suitcases stood trial in New Zealand on Monday, in a case that has transfixed the country since the remains were discovered in 2022. Lee Hak-yung, 44, appeared at the Auckland High Court. A Korean-born New Zealander, she is accused of killing her children – six-year-old Minu-jo and eight-year-old Yuna-jo – in 2018, shortly after the death of her husband from cancer. The children’s remains lay undiscovered for years...

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24 h. ago Air China, Singapore, Tibet, China Eastern, West Air, Spring, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Lucky Air Face Forty One Cancellations and Delays Across Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Hangzhou Airports

Air China, Singapore, Tibet, China Eastern, West Air, Spring, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Lucky Air Face Forty One Cancellations and Delays Across Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Hangzhou Airports  Travel And Tour World

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25 h. ago Thailand’s Thaksin in Singapore in preparation to return to Bangkok

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to return to Bangkok on Monday, days after his abrupt departure for Dubai stoked speculation about him fleeing the country ahead of a court ruling that could see him jailed. Thaksin, 76, arrived in Singapore in his private jet early on Monday and will travel to the Thai capital later in the day, according to a person familiar with his plans who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Several Thai media outlets...

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26 h. ago Harvard professor leaves US for China, Trump’s India remarks: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why homeward shift by Pentagon may signal US decline in ‘bad news’ for Taiwan 2. Harvard’s top mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China 3. Trump suggests India is moving towards ‘deepest, darkest’ China orbit 4. Is Singapore embracing Hokkien and other Chinese dialects again? 5. T8 signal...

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26 h. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, accusing him of spreading falsehoods

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. In a rare move, the Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the House of Councillors this year on the Japan Innovation Party’s ticket. According to the ministry’s...

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26 h. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, accusing him of spreading fallacies

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. In a rare move, the Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the House of Councillors this year on the Japan Innovation Party’s ticket. According to the ministry’s...

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26 h. ago China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei over ‘spreading fallacies’

Beijing has sanctioned a conservative, opposition Japanese lawmaker in a rare move, saying that he spread falsehoods on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, undermining Chinese sovereignty. The Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions on Monday morning against Seki Hei – known in China as Shi Ping – a 63-year-old China-born political commentator who was elected to the upper house of the Japanese legislature two months ago. According to a statement from the ministry, Seki has...

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28 h. ago China should not be in control of the prescription drug industry, says Rep. Mike Lawler

China should not be in control of the prescription drug industry, says Rep. Mike Lawler  Fox News

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29 h. ago Why America has always needed an enemy, even as a young republic

It’s rare to find an opinion piece that embodies nearly all the false premises and presuppositions that underpin the American empire, now in undeniable retreat. But Rahm Emanuel, former White House chief of staff to Barack Obama, mayor of Chicago and until recently US ambassador to Japan, has managed to do just that. Writing in The Wall Street Journal on August 31, Emanuel claims that the question today for Americans is: “Can China be the external threat that restores internal cohesion to our...

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30 h. ago Australia’s mushroom murderer sentenced to life in jail, no parole for 33 years

An Australian woman convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in prison on Monday. The presiding judge said Erin Patterson’s use of individual portions of beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms to poison her in-laws over lunch had a “devastating” impact on the relatives of the deceased. Patterson was found guilty in July of killing her mother-in-law, Gail Patterson,...

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30 h. ago Rare 'Blood Moon' glows over Beijing's Forbidden City during total lunar eclipse

Rare 'Blood Moon' glows over Beijing's Forbidden City during total lunar eclipse  ABS-CBN

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30 h. ago Japan, South Korea show restraint on Sado mine row amid shared regional threats

South Korea’s decision to not attend a memorial event at the Sado Island gold mines in Japan underscores how bilateral ties are still strained by historical grievances, but analysts say both sides are mindful not to escalate tensions in the face of shared regional threats. Seoul informed Tokyo on Thursday that it would not send representatives to the September 13 ceremony honouring wartime workers at the disputed Unesco World Heritage site, citing a failure to agree on language acknowledging...

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32 h. ago Israel is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food, Supreme Court rules

Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. The decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war. Since the war began, Israel has seized thousands of people in Gaza that it suspects of links to Hamas. Thousands have also been released without charge, often...

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32 h. ago Israeli court says government not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food

In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestinian inmates. Although it is the job of the Supreme Court to advise the government of the legality of its policies, the Israeli judiciary has seldom taken issue with its actions in the 23-month war...

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37 h. ago Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues

Drug cartels are the ‘junior partners’ of China, Peter Schweizer argues  Fox News

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50 h. ago Rare chance for Hongkongers to visit exhibition showcasing Tang dynasty treasures

Nearly 300 well-preserved exhibits from 28 museums and institutions in mainland China have gone on show in Hong Kong in a rare showcase of the prosperous Tang dynasty (618-907), with new incentives to encourage student visits. Themed “Tang Vogue Beyond the Horizons: A Golden Era of Multicultural Integration and Openness”, the exhibition has been organised by the Antiquities and Monuments Office and is running at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre in Kowloon Park in Tsim Sha Tsui until the...

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60 h. ago Iran executes man accused of killing security guard in Mahsa Amini protests

Iran on Saturday executed a man accused of involvement in a deadly attack on security forces during nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary’s official news agency reported. Mizan Online identified the man as Mehran Bahramian, who reportedly opened fire on a security vehicle during the unrest, killing one officer and wounding others in December 2022, in Semirom county, Isfahan province. It added that Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence. The execution marked the 12th known case of...

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