‘Mean Girls Jr.’ revives high school theater at Air Force base in Japan

Thespians from Yokota High and Middle schools are putting on “Mean Girls Jr.,” a family-friendly version of Tina Fey’s popular Broadway musical “Mean Girls,” which is based on the 2004 movie of the same name.

Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest

Zhang Yongzhen, a Chinese scientist who sequenced the COVID-19 virus, has announced that he and his team have been allowed to continue their lab research. Zhang had been staging a sit-in protest outside his lab after he and his team were suddenly notified they had to leave their lab.

3 North Korean refugees share stories of terror, perseverance in US tour

Grace Kang, her mother and grandmother were caught by Chinese border patrol officers while they were trying to flee North Korea to avoid starvation, she said. Kang was released by authorities and allowed to stay in China because of false identification her mother obtained.

Scientists testify over 2,000 gallons of jet fuel from Navy facility reached Pearl Harbor drinking water

A pair of environmental scientists testified in Hawaii federal court Tuesday that more than 2,000 gallons of jet fuel from a spill at a Navy fuel facility in late 2021 made its way into drinking water used by more than 90,000 residents living near Pearl Harbor.

Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of Beijing’s continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus.

House China committee eyes supply chain, biotech as new chairman takes helm

The House select committee on U.S.-China competition, freshly under new leadership, is training its sights on a range of tech, defense, economic and foreign policy issues.

Chinese coast guard fires water cannons at Philippine vessels in latest South China Sea incident

Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing minor damage to one vessel, in the latest flareup in an increasingly tense territorial conflict.

Explosion in Cambodia that killed 20 at an army base was likely caused by mishandling of ammunition

An explosion in Cambodia that killed 20 soldiers at an army base appears to have been an accident caused by mishandling of ammunition by troops, a senior military official said.

Japan hands Philippines updated air surveillance radar with military drills underway

The Philippines took delivery of a Japanese-made mobile air-surveillance radar this week amid ongoing tensions with China over contested territory in the South China Sea.

Indonesia’s Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris

Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris.