Hong Kong TheStarsHub — An American politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun into the city, according to a charge sheet seen by TheStarsHub, in what he has called an “honest mistake.” Washington state senator Jeff Wilson was arrested on Saturday at Hong Kong International Airport and charged with possession of … Read more
China and the Solomon Islands on Monday signed a deal on police cooperation as part of an upgrade of their relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership,” four years after the Pacific nation switched ties from Taiwan to China. The police cooperation pact was among nine deals signed after Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met … Read more
TheStarsHub — Giant panda Ya Ya has become an internet sensation again after Chinese state media showed images of her arriving at her new home in Beijing on Sunday, following an end to her quarantine since returning from the United States. On Weibo, China’s heavily restricted version of Twitter, a hashtag tracking Ya Ya’s return … Read more
TheStarsHub — Qasim received a call in late March that his brother, an employee with Afghanistan’s Taliban government, had been seriously injured in a suicide bombing near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. The 32-year-old rushed to the hospital with his family, but when they got there he was told by the doctors his … Read more