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Pro-democracy activists stage a sit-in protest demanding the release of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, outside China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Germany rebukes China over footage of Liu Xiaobo’s treatment posted online

Clifford Coonan
July 11, 2017, 23:04

One clip of ailing Nobel winner shows doctors praising cancer care he is receiving

Stray cattle in front of the state legislature of Karnataka in Bengaluru, India, on July 4th. Photograph: Jagadeesh NV/EPA

Indian state beefs up efforts to protect cows

Rahul Bedi
July 11, 2017, 17:28

Maharashtra to deploy a new kit that can test if a meat sample contains the sacred animal

Gold Coast University Hospital: a 37-year-old Irish man is in an induced coma after a construction-site fall in Brisbane. Photograph: Shiftchange/WC

Irish man critical after multistorey fall at Brisbane construction site

Fiachradh McDermott
July 11, 2017, 15:02

37-year-old plasterer in induced coma at Gold Coast hospital

Big tobacco companies have fought vigorously against the Australian government’s plain packaging laws since they were introduced in 2011. File photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Philip Morris to pay millions to Australia on failed plain packaging case

Christopher Knaus
July 10, 2017, 20:19

Big tobacco battle: Final costs figure kept secret but reported as being up to €33.36m

Cardinal George Pell said in a in a statement he ‘consulted his doctors and on their advice took several days to return home’. File photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters

Cardinal Pell arrives in Australia to face sexual offence charges

July 10, 2017, 06:49

The Vatican cleric, who is the economic adviser to Pope Francis, will appear before court

Liu Xiaobo was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” after he helped write a petition known as “Charter 08” calling for sweeping political reforms. Photograph: EPA

Hospital says Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s cancer in final stages

Ben Blanchard
July 8, 2017, 14:56

German and US doctors approve of treatment but ask that Nobel Peace laureate be moved

A strawberry farmer reacts near her farm destroyed by heavy rain in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

More heavy rain forecast for Japan as flood death toll rises to 16

July 8, 2017, 11:47

Some neighbourhoods have been devastated by flooding and landslides in recent days

Khaltmaa Battulga rose to fame as a Mongolian wrestler, and his businesses include a hotel, a Genghis Khan-themed amusement park, and food companies for baked goods and meats. Photograph: REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj

Former martial arts star wins Mongolian presidential election

July 8, 2017, 07:59

Nearly 100,000 blank votes were submitted in protest at the choice of candidates

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrating the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14. Photograph: AFP/KCNA via KNS/STR

US general in South Korea issues warning to Pyongyang

Bryan Harris
July 6, 2017, 00:09

Tensions rise with US-South Korean missile exercise after North’s nuclear claims

Students learn to use gas masks in case of a chemical or biological attack, at a training centre in Seoul on April 21st last. Photograph: Lam Yik Fei/New York Times

‘Surgical strike’ on North Korea could spin into ‘worst kind of fighting’

Motoko Rich
July 5, 2017, 18:53

Even a limited US strike on Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal would risk ‘staggering’ casualties

Chinese activists hold some of the one thousand postcards containing messages of support to be sent from the public to Liu Xiaobo. Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPA

China invites foreign medical experts to help treat Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

Clifford Coonan
July 5, 2017, 13:51

Decision to invite US and German doctors comes before G20 meeting in Hamburg

The US Army and South Korean military responded to North Korea’s missile launch with a combined ballistic missile exercise on Wednesday, into South Korean waters along the country’s eastern coastline. Photograph: South Korean Defense Ministry/Getty Images

‘High possibility’ North Korea will test nuclear weapons again

Clifford Coonan
July 5, 2017, 10:04

Kim Jong-un tells US it sent a ‘package of gifts on its Independence Day’ after missile test

Hwasong-14 test launch in North Korea. Photograph: Korean Central News Agency

US confirms North Korea tested intercontinental missile

Bryan Harris and Song Jung-a
July 5, 2017, 01:01

Rex Tillerson calls for global action against Pyongyang after latest test

North Korean inter-continental ballistic rocket Hwasong-14 being prepared before a test launch: Japan is looking at how to eliminate such threats. Photograph: KCNA/EPA

North Korea tests prompt Japan missile defence rethink

Robin Harding
July 4, 2017, 19:57

Pacifist constitution stretched as Japan considers pre-emptive strike on North Korea

A woman walks past a television screen showing a picture of North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at a railway station in Seoul on July 4, 2017. Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea fires rocket into Japanese waters ahead of G20

Clifford Coonan
July 4, 2017, 12:02

Trump: ‘N Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do?’

A firework display over celebrations at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Saturday, July 1st, 2017. President Xi Jinping warned challenges to China’s rule would not be tolerated. Photograph: Billy HC Kwok/Bloomberg

Twenty years on, uncertainty lingers over Hong Kong handover

Clifford Coonan
July 4, 2017, 01:00

Hong Kong Letter: Contrasting styles then and now, but Beijing is far more assertive

US president Donald Trump meeting President Xi Jinping of China in April 2017: Mr Trump has tweeted that his bid to secure a more robust approach by China to North Korea had “not worked out”. Photograph: Doug Mills/New York Times

China’s Xi warns Trump of ‘negative factors’ in US relations

Clifford Coonan
July 3, 2017, 18:25

Donald Trump calls Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe to discuss relations with North Korea

Pro-independence demonstrators in Hong Kong during a protest to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China on July 1st, 1997. Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPA

Alternative views on... Hong Kong 20 years after the handover

Clifford Coonan
July 3, 2017, 11:39

A regular Irish Times selection of challenging writing on world affairs

An activist argues with the police during a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA

Hong Kong handover anniversary marked by protests

Clifford Coonan
July 2, 2017, 16:59

Activists demand democracy 20 years after transfer of territory from Britain to China

Attack helicopters at a military base in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan. File photograph: Military News Agency/EPA

Taiwan scrambles fighter jets over Chinese vessel

Clifford Coonan
July 2, 2017, 15:54

Aircraft carrier passes close to the island en route to anniversary events in Hong Kong

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