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26-05-2017 18:00

The big debate at the Cannes is about the survival of cinema in a digital age, and more pointedly, the role of a festival when audiences are increasingly programming their own film festival from the comfort of their living room. (Roger Garcia)

26-05-2017 17:37

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia has grown into a big event on the Japan and regional film calendar. Size is one reason: The 19th edition, which unspools from June 1 to 25 at six venues in Tokyo and Yokohama, features nearly 250 films in a variety of genres. (Mark Schilling, Japan Times)

26-05-2017 17:22

Demons in Paradise, which premiered at Cannes, tells the story behind the country's 30 year-long civil war and aims to shatter a taboo about the violence suffered by Sri Lanka's Tamils. (Fiachra Gibbons)

26-05-2017 15:50

Asian MMA takes center stage in Singapore as the One Championship fighter Angela Lee aims to defend her title against Brazilian challenger Istela Nunes. (Pedro Chan)

26-05-2017 15:42

Before its siege of Marawi city, the Islamic State-affiliated Maute Group had long been overlooked by Philippine security forces as insignificant guns-for-hire. (Noel Tarazona)

26-05-2017 15:18

In a new development in Balochistan, two Chinese nationals were kidnapped from the Jinnah Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital, on Wednesday afternoon. The incident follows a fresh wave of violence in the restive region. (F.M. Shakil)

26-05-2017 13:27

Two Pakistani men, 30 and 31, who were accused of working as hitmen for triads in Hong Kong, were arrested after a 6am raid on a Pak Sha village house in Yuen Long on Wednesday morning, Wen Wei Po reported. (Asia Times staff)

26-05-2017 12:41

A new survey in Australia shows a majority of Sydney residents are opposed to foreign property ownership in response to a surge in Chinese purchases and skyrocketing housing prices. (Helen Clark)

26-05-2017 12:29

The political kaleidocope of Nepal has been constantly changing since the end of monarchy in 2008 and nothing has changed as Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal stepped down. (E Jaya Kumar)

26-05-2017 11:45

Opinion // As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression (Emanuele Scimia)

26-05-2017 10:46

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will resort to any means necessary, including nationwide martial law, to counter the rising threat of Islamic State-linked militancy. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

26-05-2017 10:09

Can Fukuoka live up to the tech startup hype? (Oscar Boyd, Japan Times)

26-05-2017 10:03

Japan's Mizuho Financial Group will start a venture next month to create new businesses using "fintech," an executive said, joining a global race in financial technology that threatens to unsettle traditional players. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 09:37

After successful missile launches, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un often exchanges smiles and hugs with the same three men and shares a celebratory smoke with them – meet the trio behind the weapons program. (Ju-min Park and James Pearson)

26-05-2017 09:08

The Philippines mobilised attack helicopters and special forces to drive Islamic State-linked rebels out of a besieged southern city on Thursday, with six soldiers killed in street combat amid heavy resistance. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 08:32

Opinion // China’s market – sensible people acting insensibly (Grant Newsham)

26-05-2017 08:30

President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House advisor, is under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday. (Reuters)

26-05-2017 06:53

China teaches US coal miners how to be wind farmers (New York Times)

25-05-2017 23:47

Opinion // Myanmar’s missing investment law liftoff (Gary Kleiman)

25-05-2017 23:19

Opinion // Chinese graduate’s speech sparks uproar back home (Shiying Cheng)

25-05-2017 22:14

Opinion // Hypocritical Trump fans fires of sectarian conflict (Neville Sarony)

25-05-2017 18:08

Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Thursday said its net profit for the fiscal year was back in the black, helped by stabilization in its core personal computer market. (Agence France-Presse)

25-05-2017 17:45

As her reality TV star husband meets many of his Western allies for the first time as US president on Thursday, Melania Trump will be offered a different take on the surreal by her hosts in Brussels. (Reuters)

25-05-2017 17:33

President Donald Trump meets in Brussels today with leaders from the European Union and Nato, two pillars of the postwar transatlantic security order that he openly and routinely disparaged during his presidential election campaign. (Richard Maher)

25-05-2017 16:54

Now that President Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected by a wide margin for another four-year term, it is crucial to ponder what his victory means for Iranian women. (Azadeh Davachi)

25-05-2017 16:17

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has avoided a credit rating downgrade and financial losses through sharp cost cutting that has crimped the global firm's future plans and ambitions. (David Hutt)

25-05-2017 15:05

Malaysian premier Najib Razak claims his "TN50" initiative will catapult the nation into the world's top 20 by 2050, but critics see a thinly veiled scheme to win the youth vote. (David Hutt)

25-05-2017 14:19

Malaysian leader Najib Razak has escaped a corruption scandal and economic downturn to emerge as the front runner in elections expected later this year. (Radzi Razak)

25-05-2017 13:36

US Homeland Security officials have begun "extreme vetting" interviews at Australia's offshore detention centres, two sources at the camps told Reuters on Tuesday, as Washington honours a refugee swap that US President Donald Trump had called "a dumb deal." (Reuters)

25-05-2017 12:03

Opinion // Awakening from the Trump nightmare hinges on popular revolt (Bernard-Henri Levy)

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As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression

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26-05-2017 08:32

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25-05-2017 23:47

Chinese graduate’s speech sparks uproar back home

25-05-2017 23:19

Hypocritical Trump fans fires of sectarian conflict

25-05-2017 22:14

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Awakening from the Trump nightmare hinges on popular revolt

25-05-2017 12:03

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25-05-2017 11:33

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25-05-2017 01:54

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24-05-2017 16:54

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24-05-2017 11:42

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