Pharma giants pay millions to Russian distributor entangled in corruption allegations to win cancer drug business 
Xi emerges powerful from Beijing meeting, but maybe not all-powerful 
Egyptian court orders closure of news site Mada Masr and fines editor Lina Attalah, sparking international outcry Samantha Johnson
IMDB’s China Connection
In a new book, the author reveals the ties between China and the staggering corruption of the 1MDB scandal …
Japan begins clean-up after Typhoon Dujuan kills 4, batters east
Residents of a wide swathe of eastern Japan were picking up the pieces on Tuesday after Typhoon Dujuan tore through the area the previous day,…
Indefinite time in psychiatric ward for Hong Kong man who fatally stabbed 2 in mall
A Hong Kong man with a mental disability has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death…
Who needs a degree? South Korea’s chip boom rewires university-obsessed culture
Inside a brightly lit cleanroom at Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in South Korea, a group of teenagers in head-to-toe protective suits carefully handled silicon wafers,…
Cambodia hosts anti-scam summit as scepticism lingers
Cambodia is set to present the outcome of its crackdown on scams to global governments and security agencies gathering in Phnom Penh this week.
Yet questions…