Taiwan air force flexes muscles after latest Chinese incursion

TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Armed and ready to go, Taiwan air force jets screamed into the sky on Tuesday in a drill to simulate a war scenario, showing its fleet's battle readiness after dozens of Chinese warplanes flew into the island's air defence zone over the weekend.

Vietnam's Communists tout pandemic, economic successes at Party congress

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong hailed booming economic development and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic as major achievements on Tuesday as he presided over the opening of a key party congress in Hanoi.

South China airport sees over 43 million passenger throughput

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangdong Province reported an annual passenger throughput of 43.77 million in 2020, the airport said on Monday.

China’s space programme plans to launch first mission to the sun next year

Satellite will monitor solar activity for several years, including the peak of a new cycleProbe will be able to send early warning of damage to the Earth’s electromagnetic atmosphere

Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's defence ministry said.

Utilise European nations’ involvement to help stabilise Indo-Pacific region

Explainer: Trump's legacy - Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise his tweets generated often distracted from the big policy changes he made over his four-year term.

Roundup: Chinese companies launch innovation products at online CES

by Xinhua writers Tan Jingjing, Huang Heng

Weather woes in peninsula expected to abate

KUALA LUMPUR: The weather condi­tions in Peninsular Malaysia are expected to improve, which means floods caused by the monsoon season will soon be over, said Environment and Water Minis­ter Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Chinese medical team to help fight COVID-19 in Niger, Comoros

NANNING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A medical team from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will head to Niger and Comoros this month to assist with their battles against COVID-19, said the regional health commission.