Asian Para Games Live Updates, Day 5: Three Indians Break World Records To Win Gold Medals

Mona Agarwal doubles gold tally with world-record show at Asian Para Games

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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as president sits on Taiwan pledge Honduran migration officials have summoned or placed under review 41 Chinese nationals after inspecting shops in the capital and a hospital being built...

Haney won gold with a world record javelin throw of 60.49m at the Asian Para Games 2026.

India's Naveen Sivakumar won gold in the men's singles SL4 at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Nagoya, defeating Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan.

Internet users in China are watching the protests in France with a mix of geopolitical cynicism, domestic pride and sadness at the damage to French landmarks. The protests started in September, when students and teachers in southeastern Paris rallied against deteriorating school conditions. Those specific grievances quickly escalated into nationwide protests at the rising cost of living and declining public services. What began as peaceful marches has since dissolved into violence, with rioters...

India's Sandeep won gold with a world record in the men's 400m T64 at the Asian Para Games in Nagoya.

Asian Para Games: Sandeep, Haney's world record gold take India past 100 medals

Chinese state media has called for a Japanese telecoms firm to apologise to China over a huge wildfire in neighbouring Mongolia, as diplomatic tensions run high between Beijing and Tokyo. The grassland fire broke out on October 8 and burned about 80 per cent of a nature reserve on the Mongolia-China border. According to Japanese media reports, the company, KDDI, has acknowledged that the fire was linked to activities involving its majority-owned subsidiary MobiCom – the largest mobile network...

India's Nitesh Kumar won the men's singles SL3 gold medal by defeating Pramod Bhagat at the Asian Para Games.

All efforts need to be focused on search and rescue for survivors and treating the injured, President Xi Jinping instructed on Friday morning, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 16 and injured 65 in China’s Tibet autonomous region overnight. “The disaster-hit area is located in a high-altitude region with cold weather. It is imperative to closely monitor seismic activities and weather changes and implement rescue operations accordingly, while preventing secondary disasters,” he said,...

Anahat Singh scripts comeback to reach maiden PSA Gold semi-final