undefined Al Jazeera State of emergency takes effect in New Caledonia after four killed in riots France has declared a state of emergency in its Pacific island territory of New Caledonia and deployed police and military reinforcements in an attempt to end days of unrest over Paris’s move to cha... (photo: AP / Clotilde Richalet, File) Elections France New Caledonia Photos RTE Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office has said. | Projections consistently show that low-l... (photo: Creative Commons) Bangkok Climate change Environment Photos Top Stories Hong Kong Standard Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over ... (photo: AP / Fachri Hamzah) Asia Indonesia Photos Sumatra CNN YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court order YouTube has blocked access to a popular protest song in Hong Kong, a week after a court in the city granted a government request to ban the anthem. In a statement on Wedn... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky, File) Censorship China Hong Kong Photos Al Jazeera Hunger striking democracy and royal reform activist dies in Thai prison Bangkok, Thailand – Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At just 28 years old, she was a formidabl... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Democracy Human Rights Photos Thailand Asiatimes No, Japan’s actually not a xenophobic country The other day at a fundraiser, Joe Biden made a casual comment that I consider to be the worst gaffe of his entire term as president. He declared that two of America’s ... (photo: Creative Commons / ) China Japan Photos Politics Al Jazeera France backs controversial New Caledonia vote changes amid continued unrest France has adopted controversial reforms to New Caledonia’s voting rules, which have led to the worst unrest in the Pacific territory in more than 30 years. | The admin... (photo: AP / Mathurin Derel) Democracy France New Caledonia Photos IFL Science Some Papua New Guineans Have Denisovan Genes, And It Might Protect Them From Malaria New research has found that lowland populations of Papua New Guinea have Denisovan genes that may have helped them develop a resistance to malaria. The findings are part ... (photo: IRIN News / David Swanson) Papua New Guinea Photos Science Asiatimes Biden, Trump China tariffs draw on old, losing playbook As Joe Biden throws down the gauntlet in his bid to defeat Donald Trump, the US president risks repeating one of his predecessor’s biggest blunders. | This week, Biden ... (photo: AP / Andy Wong, File) China Global Trading Photos US States
