US president visits South Korea, Japan to strengthen Indo-Pacific alliances amid China’s rise and Russia-Ukraine war.

US president visits South Korea, Japan to strengthen Indo-Pacific alliances amid China’s rise and Russia-Ukraine war.
Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF.
Group of Tamils has been held on the island, site of a secretive US military base, since October last year.
Opposition Labor party maintains lead ahead of Saturday election amid rising uncertainty about the future.
As trust in the major parties declines, independents hope to win over voters in Saturday’s election.
Most Australians want action on climate change, but you would not know that from the campaign for Saturday’s election.
Those born after bloody separation from Indonesia see strength of ethnic heritage and dream of economic progress.
Man in his 40s developed the illness, characterised by a distinctive rash, a few days after returning home to Sydney.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces tricky balancing act between US alliance and trade relations with China.
As activists turn to new methods in campaign for change, Thai authorities ratchet up surveillance and harassment.
Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta will be inaugurated on Friday as his country eyes new oil and gas development.
Impoverished N Korea has reported more than 1.7 million cases of ‘fever’ amid rising concern over the outbreak’s effect.
Boeing 737-800 plunged inexplicably from cruising altitude into the ground in March, killing all 132 people on board.
Suspected gunman David Chou was born in martial-law era Taiwan but identified as Chinese.