Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor
Chris Patten, the current chancellor of Oxford University, announced in February that he would be stepping down.
Recent Developments and News in Asia
Japan needs special robots to begin removing nuclear debris from Fukushima nuclear reactor
The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday it will send a probe inside a battered reactor this week for a trial removal of radioactive debris.
Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague’s rape and murder in Kolkata
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry on Monday to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital.
Japanese shrine that honors war dead, including convicted war criminals, is vandalized again
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday.
Heavy rains hit Pakistan’s south, as deaths from flash floods and downpours jump to 209 since July
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains flooded streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, officials said Monday, as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 209 since July 1.
India’s Modi will visit Ukraine after Zelenskyy’s criticism for meeting Putin in Moscow
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two countries announced Monday, weeks after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Leaders of China and Vietnam pledge to strengthen political and economic ties
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Vietnam pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing on Monday.
Where did Alice Guo? Philippine mayor who allegedly spied for China has fled country: senator
Senator Risa Hontiveros, who led the Senate hearing committee that grilled Guo’s links to criminality involving Philippine offshore gambling operators (Pogos) as well as her citizenship, revealed information that Guo left the country last month and travelled to Kuala Lumpur.