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Macau,
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has handed over power and stepped down after 22 years in office. The change of leadership to Mohamad’s deputy, Abdullah Badawi, has been anticipated
Miss Macau made it into the Top 16 at Miss Earth 2016 held in Manila on Saturday. Representing Macau was Clover Zhu, whose environmental advocacy slogan is “Less Meat, Less
Abu Sayyaf pocketed at least 353 million pesos (USD7.3 million) from ransom kidnappings in the first six months of the year and have turned to abductions of foreign tugboat crewmen as military
The Pakistani government yesterday banned all political meetings, rallies and protests in Islamabad, ahead of a planned opposition march against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Nov. 2. The ban, which also
The leaders of Japan and the Philippines agreed yesterday to cooperate in promoting regional peace and stability and endorsed Japan’s provision of patrol boats and military training aircraft to bolster
Taliban insurgents yesterday killed 26 Afghan civilians after abducting them in the remote central province of Ghor the previous day, officials said, the latest brutal attack targeting the local population
In New Zealand there are twice as many cows as people, but it’s the hobbits that are really making hay. According to figures released yesterday, tourism has overtaken dairy as the
Jamur didn’t hesitate as the door of her temporary cramped quarters slid open. In less than a second, the stocky red-haired orangutan was savoring freedom for the first time in
A Pakistani investigator says the police have arrested National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ for having a fake Pakistani identity card. Shahid Ilyas from the Federal Investigation Agency, says the police
Two children are fortunate to be alive, police said yesterday, after they were thrown clear and survived an accident that killed their mothers and two other people on a river
Four people were killed yesterday after a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia’s east coast, officials said. Two men and two women died while on the
An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced an Australian retiree to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing girls on the tourist island of Bali. Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis was arrested in January
South Korea’s president offered a surprise public apology yesterday after acknowledging her close ties to a mysterious woman at the center of a corruption scandal. President Park Geun-hye’s apology came a day
The outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte worries his Japanese hosts. Not just his policy toward the U.S. but also his informal style: Will he chew gum in front of the
Time warps, half-bestial children and parallel worlds are, for Mamoru Hosoda, a natural way to pursue the universal coming-of-age story that has driven all his movies. “A child growing up is fascinating
Security forces were hunting through forests in southeast India yesterday for Maoist rebels after a fierce gunfight left 21 rebels and a police commando dead and another policeman wounded. The gunfight
Vietnamese authorities were searching yesterday for 230 drug addicts are still at large after a mass escape from a rehabilitation center in southern Vietnam. Ho Van Loc, deputy director of
America’s top diplomat for Asia said yesterday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial remarks and a “real climate of uncertainty” about his government’s intentions have sparked distress in the U.S.
A surfer sustained teeth wounds to his thigh yesterday in the third shark attack off New South Wales state north of Sydney in a month, police said. The man, aged in
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to keep the budget deficit under control in the face of global risks and low oil prices, while relying on key infrastructure projects and cash
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