Agent Orange cleanup and other efforts critical to ties jeopardized by USAID cuts

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly

Officials say expanded port funded by China opening next month – with first call from Japanese navy

A Cambodian naval port expansion funded by China that has raised concerns over Beijing’s growing military reach in the region has been completed. The port will host a

Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at two beaches as surfers fall sick

An Australian state closed two beaches after dead fish and an unusual off-white foam washed ashore while surfers reported feeling unwell, officials said on yesterdayy.

Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands

Crocodile attacks are on the rise, leaving residents on edge

Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready

Cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of climate change

The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke,

American influencer who caused outrage after snatching a baby wombat issues apology

An American influencer who sparked outrage after posting a video of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother while in Australia apologized yesterday , saying

US imposes sanctions on Thai officials after Uyghur men are deported to China

The U.S. State Department over the weekend announced sanctions on an unknown number of current and former Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men to China.

Insurgents who attacked a passenger train killed 21 hostages while all others freed: officials

Insurgents who attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan killed 21 hostages before security forces killed all 33 of the assailants, and all

Fishermen sue Bumble Bee and say the canned tuna giant knew of abuse

Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen who say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global supply chain that provided tuna to Bumble

The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Angkor temple complex

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found

Albanese won’t retaliate against ‘unjustified’ US tariffs on steel and aluminum

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday that U.S. tariffs on Australian steel and aluminum were unjustified, but his government would not retaliate with its own tariffs.

Insurgents attack a train carrying hundreds of people and take hostages

Pakistani insurgents attacked a passenger train carrying several hundred people as it passed through a tunnel yesterday and claimed to have taken more than 100

Former President Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila on an ICC warrant over drug killings

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of crimes against humanity over deadly anti-drugs crackdowns

Police say antisemitic terrorism plot in Sydney was ‘a hoax’

An explosives-filled trailer that Australian politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax

North fires several ballistic missiles after the US and S.Korea began military drills

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time

North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the

Impeached President Yoon released from prison

South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him

Coral reefs in Vietnam face collapse – can conservation efforts turn the tide?

The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid

One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat

A placid fishing trip turned “berserk” for three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) appeared to fall out of the sky

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