India’s election campaign turns negative as Modi and ruling party embrace Islamophobic rhetoric
CNN —
Country asian news
Haiti gets a new prime minister as nation remains under siege by gangs
U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position.
Philippines urged to tap South China Sea reserves to ease energy costs despite Beijing tensions
While some analysts agreed that now was the right time to “quickly develop” the maritime region’s resources, others warned that “political considerations” must be taken into account given Manila’s territorial disputes with Beijing and the failure of prior joint energy agreements.
Shedding light, and dust, on Australia's European art
Australian light has a strangely compelling quality. I can usually identify an Australia-based TV production by the natural lighting in outdoor scenes. Sometimes I can even distinguish the region where the program was filmed; southern light is different from tropical light, for example.
Climate change threat is more than a storm in Vietnam’s coffee cup
Trouble is brewing for drinkers of coffee, one of the world’s most traded commodities, as climate change affects farmers, reshaping production patterns.
East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions
BANGKOK (AP) — East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a new report Tuesday. It traced their source largely to the cross-border region known as the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet.
North Korea shifts away from toxic rocket fuel with Russian help
SEOUL -- North Korea's unsuccessful satellite launch on Tuesday likely involved a new rocket that uses a safer fuel, experts say, as the country advances its rocket technology with Russian assistance.
Taipei sees New Zealand in sync with like-minded democracies, envoy says
SYDNEY -- Taiwan's chief representative in New Zealand told Nikkei Asia that New Zealand is leaning more toward like-minded countries in its stance on the Taiwan issue.