Asia Pacific
Deadly India rail crash caused by faulty signal connections made during repair
India ·July 4, 2023 · 4:56 AM UTC Workers repairing a rail-road barrier in India made faulty connections in the automated signalling system on the network, leading to the country's worst rail disaster in two decades, an official probe has found.
- WorldGerman justice minister meets Taiwanese counterpart in Berlin
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann welcomed his Taiwanese counterpart to Berlin on Tuesday, the German ministry said, adding that the visit took place within the framework of the European Union's one-China policy.
- Asia PacificKyrgyz court allows 'matronymics' in a surprise nod to women's rights
Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court has ruled that adults can choose to use middle names based on the name of their mother rather than their father, in a surprise nod to gender equality in traditionally patriarchal Central Asia.
