Asia

Residences

This Sri Lankan sanctuary hotel is a haven for wildlife lovers

Over the last 15 years, Vil Uyana has transformed 11 hectares of land into a conservation paradise.

09/01/2022

Saudi Arabia

Outspoken Saudi princess released from detention after three years

Basma bent Saoud and her daughter Suhoud were detained in March 2019.

09/01/2022

Kazakhstan

Blogger in Kazakhstan helps people connect after internet turned off

A blogger in Kazakhstan is helping people to connect with loved ones after authorities cut internet access.

09/01/2022

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan's leader wants 'Gates of Hell' fire put out

The president of Turkmenistan wants to put out the blazing natural gas crater known as the "Gates of Hell".

08/01/2022

Pakistan

Cold kills 22 stuck in cars in heavy snow at Pakistan resort

Temperatures fell to minus 8 degrees Celsius amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan's mountain resort town of Murree overnight, killing at least 22 people who were stuck in their vehicles, officials said on Saturday.

08/01/2022

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Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

07/01/2022

Money

Why is Kazakhstan’s political upheaval affecting Bitcoin?

The Central Asian nation is the second-biggest Bitcoin mining home after the United States.

07/01/2022

Travel News

Thailand: Travel restrictions tighten after spread of omicron variant

The country is tightening some restrictions and expanding its 'sandbox' quarantine programme.

07/01/2022

Kazakhstan

Former anti-terror chief arrested over Kazakhstan protests

Dissatisfaction over gas prices snowballed into Kazakhstan's biggest demonstrations since it declared independence from the Soviet Union.

07/01/2022

Partner content

Sporting COVID comeback: Dubai leads the way in hosting major sporting events

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

Sporting events around the world have been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19. But as tournaments start to return, what does it take to host them? Focus heads to Dubai to find out how organisers there have been coping with the challenges thrown up by the pandemic.

06/01/2022

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First snowfall of season turns much of Tokyo white

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a heavy snow warning in the Tokyo region on Thursday as the city saw its first snow of the winter season.

06/01/2022

Football Now

2022 World Cup will be 'best ever' says FIFA president

In partnership with Media City

With less than a year to go until the World Cup, the FIFA president is confident that Qatar 2022 will be a huge success.

06/01/2022

Travel News

This famous Thai beach has reopened but tourists can't swim in the sea

The iconic beach was closed in 2018 due to overtourism and now has strict limits on numbers.

06/01/2022

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Tokyo firemen perform traditional firefighting acrobatics at New Year drills

Members of the Edo Firemen Preservation Association perform Japanese traditional firefighting techniques during the New Year's fire brigades exercise.

06/01/2022

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: What's behind the unrest and is a revolution brewing?

The scale of the protests is unprecedented. Why and what next for the Central Asian country?

06/01/2022

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Harsh winter and snowfall deepen ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Snowfall and dropping temperatures have increased the problems of the poor and needy people across Afghanistan. The harsh conditions have especially hit displaced people, many of whom are forced to spend their nights in simple shacks or even tents with no heating.

05/01/2022

The Exchange

The sky's the limit: the rise of the cloud

In partnership with Media City

In this episode of The Exchange we look at the expanding cloud sector and business analytics boom, asking what the tech giants actually do with our data and what it means for our privacy.

05/01/2022

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First tuna auction of year at Toyosu fish market

The new year's first tuna auction was held at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, early on Wednesday morning. The top bid at the event was a bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori prefecture, weighing in at 211 kilograms.

05/01/2022

Home

'Taste your TV': This professor has invented a 'lickable' screen

The device uses a carousel of 10 flavour canisters to render different tastes on a lickable transparent film that slides down over images of food.

05/01/2022

Saudi Arabia

Dakar 2022: Paris opens terrorism probe after Frenchman hurt in blast

The Paris-Dakar rally no longer goes through Africa because of the threat of terrorism. It is currently being held in Saudi Arabia.

05/01/2022

North Korea

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

During Kim’s 10-year rule, North Korea has performed 62 rounds of ballistic missile tests, compared with nine rounds during his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung’s 46-year rule, and 22 rounds during Kim Jong Il’s 17-year rule.

05/01/2022

Culture news

The art of war: Taliban turn blast walls into propaganda art

An outdoor exhibit featuring destroyed US military hardware, vehicles and blast walls is on display in Ghazni, Afghanistan, as a reminder of the Taliban's return to power.

04/01/2022

Afghanistan

Taliban denies freeing suicide bomber before deadly Kabul attack

The explosion killed almost 200 people and 13 American troops at Kabul's airport in August last year.

04/01/2022

China

China to continue to 'modernise' its nuclear weapons

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), China had 350 nuclear weapons in January 2021.

04/01/2022

Scenes

The Indonesian conservationists saving endangered gibbons

In partnership with Media City

“We can now only sometimes hear the sounds of the gibbons in the morning or evening. Before, according to locals, it used to be very noisy.”

03/01/2022

Culture news

Meet Zhang Wenquan: China’s Olympic Games superfan collector

The construction worker's €55,000 collection will be displayed across schools and universities in the run-up to this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing.

03/01/2022