Hong Kong's chief executive said Tuesday that protesters occupying a city centre university had to surrender if the three-day stand-off was to be resolved peacefully.
Hyper-wired South Korea is the world's 11th-largest economy, one of its most technologically advanced countries, and the first to launch a nationwide 5G network.
A town in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, has set up a temporary counter to support non-Japanese residents affected by a powerful typhoon last month.
Four people were killed and other six wounded in a mass shooting at a family gathering Sunday in Fresno, California, 350 km north of Los Angeles, according to local police.
One of Hong Kong's universities became the latest battleground as police and protesters clashed overnight. Police reportedly stormed a university campus early Monday but later retreated.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of Tamil Tigers a decade ago, stormed to power Sunday but promised to be a president for all Sri Lanka's races and religions after a divisive election.
At least four army personnel were wounded after a suicide bomb blast hit outside an Afghan army training center in an eastern neighborhood here on Monday morning, police of the capital confirmed.