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Macau,
The president of one of the world’s biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change today after saying an Associated Press investigation (published yesterday in MDT) that linked slave-peeled shrimp
A Singapore-registered shipping company was found guilty of transferring tens of thousands of dollars used to transport fighter jets and surface-to-air missile systems from Cuba to North Korea in 2013. The
Poor migrant workers and children are being sold to factories in Thailand and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global supply chains, including those of Wal-Mart and Red Lobster, the
About 725,000 people fled their homes and communities braced for heavy rain and coastal floods of up to 4 meters as Typhoon Melor slammed Monday into the eastern Philippines, officials said. Classes,
An Australian court yesterday ordered Nurofen’s owner to stop selling several versions of the popular painkiller that were identical to its standard ibuprofen pills but nearly twice as expensive. The Federal
India selected Japan to help build its first high-speed rail link in a coup for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for China, which also had bid for the
An all-female band formed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un canceled its concerts in Beijing and abruptly left the Chinese capital due to unspecified communication issues, possibly further cooling
A bomb explosion in a market yesterday killed 12 people and injured over 30 others in Pakistan’s Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border, an official said. The bomb exploded
The once sleepy streets of Pyongyang, where the city’s iconic traffic controllers would stand in the middle of usually deserted intersections to direct what few cars came by, are now
Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed yesterday that he will not retreat nor surrender amid pressure for him to resign over a USD700 million financial scandal. Najib has been under
Millions of North Koreans are now using mobile phones, and not just to make phone calls. The Associated Press recently got a sneak peek at “Boy General,” the North’s hottest new
A South Korean man was arrested in Japan in connection with an explosion last month at a Tokyo shrine that is seen by some in his country as a symbol
Australian police yesterday raided the home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin. A statement from the Australian Federal Police
An Australian who joined Kurdish forces in their fight against Islamic State militants in Syria has returned to Australia where he was questioned by police after being deported from Germany.
Australia, one of most vocal opponents of Japanese whaling hunts in the Antarctic, threatened yesterday to take legal action against the lethal expeditions, about a week after Tokyo began its
Australia’s government announced new economic policies yesterday aimed at attracting entrepreneurs from abroad and promoting innovation in an economy that has slowed after a mining boom. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his
Thailand’s military government blocked an anti-corruption protest yesterday, detaining about three dozen students and other activists who were headed to a park honoring past kings that was allegedly built with
The people of Thailand on Saturday marked the 88th birthday of their king, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, but with their once-vigorous leader in a hospital and unseen in public for three months,
Indian authorities were investigating possible negligence after 18 hospital patients died when rainwaters from massive floods in southern Tamil Nadu state knocked out generators and switched off ventilators. The patients were in the
A commuter train slammed into a passenger minibus yesterday at a railroad crossing in Indonesia’s capital, killing at least 18 people and seriously injuring six others. The bus driver allegedly ignored the
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