Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s son says military-backed government is trying to ‘create an illusion of normality’ with pictures of detained leader

Kim Aris spoke to his 81-year-old mother for 20 minutes on the phone, the first time they have had any contact for five years, and said she ‘sounded strong’

Concerns have grown about survival of endangered dusky shark that has spent over a month in artificial waterway

Sanae Takaichi has done something few Japanese leaders manage. She’s reached her first anniversary in office more popular than her predecessors, and she looks well placed to keep the job. In a country that has burned through five prime ministers in a decade, this counts for a lot. Popularity, though, is only one of two […]

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