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Asia’s fast-growing economies will increase demand for food in the next decade, especially meat and dairy, as incomes rise, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations
Indonesia’s air force said yesterday it will investigate if the transport plane that crashed into a city neighborhood, killing 141 people, was violating orders by carrying paying passengers. A local military
All he did was ask to go home. The last time the Burmese slave made the same request, he was beaten almost to death. But after being gone eight years and
An Indonesian air force transport plane carrying military personnel and their families plowed into a residential neighborhood in the country’s third- largest city of Medan shortly after takeoff yesterday, killing at
A man riding a Japanese high-speed bullet train set himself on fire yesterday, killing himself and another passenger as the coach filled with smoke, a fire official said. At least 26
A suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed vehicle targeted a NATO military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, yesterday, police and a NATO official said. Police on the scene said casualties were
Of countless ghostly abandoned factories and mines in Japan, this fortress island near Nagasaki is among the most notorious. It is also a source of national pride. Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island,
No new cases of MERS were reported in South Korea for two straight days, with no deaths being added, the health ministry said yesterday. The number of MERS cases totaled
Afghanistan has ordered an investigation into an operation yesterday involving U.S. forces that destroyed a weapons cache in a volatile region close to the capital, sparking demonstrations that briefly closed
A Thai ice cream company owned by Unilever has apologized for using a derogatory term for gay men in a Facebook posting marking the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex
A solar-powered plane took off from Japan early yesterday to attempt a five-day flight over open water to Hawaii, the eighth leg of its bid to fly around the world
A total of 18 people including 11 Afghan soldiers lost their lives as a military convoy came under attack by militants in the western province of Herat on Sunday, the
The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan’s commercial center of Karachi and parts of southern Sindh province has passed 1,000 over the past ten days, health officials said yesterday. Nearly
A legislative victory on trade this past week has given a vital boost to President Barack Obama’s effort to deepen U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific region. His administration also navigated
Gay rights activists in Asia, where no country allows same-sex couples to legally marry, are upbeat about prospects for a change following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday giving
Myanmar’s parliament voted against constitutional amendments yesterday, ensuring that the military’s veto power remains intact and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this
Four environmental protesters breached security yesterday at New Zealand’s parliamentary complex by scaling the roof and perching themselves on a ledge above the main entrance. The Greenpeace protesters hauled up solar panels and
Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan yesterday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said. Temperatures in hard-hit
The number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections in South Korea increased to 179 yesterday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said. Among the four cases was
Australia announced yesterday it will become a founding member of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank and its sixth largest shareholder. Joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank presented Australia with great opportunities
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