In recent online videos, geneticist He Jiankui defended his recent achievement of embryonic gene editing, which he used on baby twin girls infected with HIV to protect them from the development of AIDS. This experimentation has caused alarm throughout the Chinese scientific community after investigations suggest that its ethical approval may have been forged. In an open letter, over 100… Read more »
Samsung Electronics has apologised to the workers who developed cancer after working at its semiconductor factories, bringing to an end a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chip-maker.
Taiwan headed to the polls on Saturday in local elections that are a key test of support for the island’s pro-independence ruling party before presidential polls in just over a year.
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested on Monday on suspicion of financial misconduct, has denied the allegations against him, Japanese broadcaster NHK has reported.
Chinese officials and scientists have denounced the claims of a geneticist who said he had created the first gene-edited babies.
Imelda Marcos, wife of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has been found guilty of seven counts of violation of an anti-corruption law in which she illegally funnelled $200 million to Swiss Foundations in 1970. Additionally, the Marcos family, during their US-backed dictatorship, may have amassed as much as $5-10 billion in hidden wealth. Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown, exiled by… Read more »
A Philippine court has found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty in multiple corruption cases. It ordered her arrest on Friday in a rare conviction that she is likely to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress.
A human rights lawyer, who provided assistance to families of recently slain sugarcane farmers, was shot dead in central Philippines, becoming the 34th member of the legal profession killed since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2016.
A multinational force of warships, fighter jets and elite counterterrorism soldiers has been deployed in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to protect world leaders attending a major summit in its crime-plagued capital this week.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Vang Tam, 65, is in little doubt over what he would do if he ever encountered the Khmer Rouge responsible for the death of his parents and four siblings in the 1970s.