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Australia gives regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 social media ban
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Australia gives regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 social media ban
The move ​comes as evidence suggests children are still able to access the platforms six months ‌after the ‌world-first restrictions took effect in December.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
South Korean lawmakers launch probe into ballot paper shortages
Dozens of polling stations experienced unprecedented ballot paper shortages on June 3 for the first nationwide vote since President Lee Jae Myung took office a year ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Taiwan not ‘provoking’ China and hopes new U.S. arms sale package can be approved soon, president says
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reiterated his desire for talks based on “parity and respect” with China, but said Taiwan had a right to protect ⁠its interests.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday in Beijing.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2026
American scholar of Myanmar held in China was on academic visit, think tank says
China’s foreign ministry confirmed last week the arrest of Min Zin, saying he was suspected of spying and endangering national security.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung arrive before a family photo prior to a gala dinner as part of the Group of Seven summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
South Korea’s Lee asks Trump to lead peaceful diplomacy with North Korea
South ​Korean leader Lee Jae Myung asked U.S. President Donald Trump to lead ⁠efforts to resolve the North Korea issue peacefully, as he had done with the war in the Middle East.
One Nation party leader and Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club in Canberra, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
Australia must be ‘monocultural,’ One Nation’s Hanson Says
By James Mayger
Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson has said the shortage of housing and rising property prices and rents in the country are due to the increasing number of migrants.
Philippine Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (center) greets fellow lawmakers after a plenary session at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila on June 3. Philippine minority senators have wrested back control of a bitterly divided senate ahead of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial next month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
Sara Duterte ally loses Philippine senate leadership ahead of her trial
Lawmakers have elected Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as president of the Philippine Senate, replacing Alan Peter Cayetano, who took over the post last month.
U.S. President Donald Trump with Adm. Harry Harris (center right), head of the U.S. Pacific Command, at the command's headquarters in Hawaii in November 2017
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
Pentagon restores U.S. military’s Pacific Command moniker, dropping ‘Indo’
By Jesse Johnson
The command’s vast area of responsibility “remains exactly the same,” the Pentagon said, with the move coming amid soured U.S.-India ties.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (left) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
China’s Xi backs Myanmar’s president as two leaders meet in Beijing
Min Aung Hlaing is in China for a five-day state visit, his first trip ⁠to the country since the former Myanmar junta chief formalized his grip ⁠on power.
Myanmar’s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, shows his ink-stained finger after casting hist vote in Naypyidaw, the capital,in December 2025. He was elected president on April 3 by the country’s rubber-stamp Parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Myanmar’s president arrives in China to boost trade ties
Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated since a 2021 military coup ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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