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Macau,
In a surprise announcement, Pope Francis named new cardinals for Spain, El Salvador and three countries where Catholics are a tiny minority: Mali, Laos and Sweden.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte left yesterday for a four-day official visit to Russia, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and witness the signing of
The body of an Indian climber was spotted on Mount Everest yesterday, the fourth fatality on the mountain during a busy and tragic weekend on the world’s
Twenty-five South Koreans have been arrested in metropolitan Manila on suspicion of internet fraud or illegal online gambling, Philippine authorities said Friday. Twelve of the suspects are
North Korea fired a medium-range missile yesterday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, the latest ballistics test for a country speeding up its development of nuclear weapons and
The Pacific Rim trade ministers meeting in Vietnam committed yesterday to move ahead with the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact after the United States pulled out.
A senior Australian tax bureaucrat and two of his children are among 10 people charged in connection with a sophisticated tax fraud that police say netted 165 million Australian dollars (USD123
When researchers in New Zealand drilled deep into an earthquake fault, they stumbled upon a discovery they say could provide a significant new energy source for the South
The lawyer for an Australian woman charged with providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia says his client is innocent. Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy last
A Thai law student arrested for sharing a critical article about his country’s new king that was posted on Facebook is this year’s winner of South Korea’s most prestigious human
The Philippines will no longer accept new grants from the European Union, officials said yesterday, forgoing possibly more than 250 million euros (USD278.7 million) in funds for development projects in
Australia is considering following the United States and Britain in banning laptops from inbound airliner cabins, the prime minister said, but declined to explain whether the
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused North Korea yesterday of intimidating the entire international community with its nuclear program, military ability and cyberattacks, and said any country
North Korea’s match against Malaysia in 2019 Asian Cup qualifying has been postponed a second time amid new missile tests by the host nation. The Asian Football
Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan’s emperor, will marry an ocean-loving legal assistant who can ski, play the violin and cook. Japanese nuptials tend to be
Thailand backed off a threat to block Facebook on yesterday, instead providing the social media site with court orders to remove content that the government deems illegal.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte acknowledged yesterday that allegations he induced extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs could be raised to the International Criminal Court after an
Asia-Pacific navies should extend a code of conduct to submarines to reduce the risk of accidents among the 250 underwater vessels expected to be operating in Asia by
Playing on concerns about the safety of nuclear power in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011, South Korea’s Moon Jae-in promised during his successful
A South Korean cybersecurity expert said yesterday there is more circumstantial evidence that North Korea may be behind the global “ransomware” attack: the way the hackers took hostage
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