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UNICEF officer urges international community to remember Rohingyas

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - In one of the most controversial areas in the world where allegedly 1.2 million refugees fleeing Myanmar are residing, there is a British guy who has visited there on a daily basis since April. Alastair Lawson-Tancred, spokesman of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Bangladesh, eagerly emphasizes to journalists about the reality of the Rohin...

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-10 17:09

China's Fan Bingbing: violates tax law, now grammar rules

Chinese movie star Fan Bingbing, already under fire for tax evasion, is now being used as a textbook example on how not to write an apology letter.

SCMP | 2018-10-10 15:05

China 'seriously challenging' Taiwan peace: Tsai

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen accused China of "seriously challenging" peace and stability Wednesday, describing the island she leads as being on the frontline of tensions in the Pacific. It comes as Beijing pursues a multi-pronged attack on any claims to sovereignty by self-ruled democratic Taiwan, which it sees as part of its territory to be reunified, by force if necessa...

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-10 14:55

Former Trump aide Hope Hicks to work at Fox company

President Trump's former communications chief Hope Hicks is taking on a similar role at the new Fox company, meaning she'll supervise messaging at her former boss' favorite television network. The new company, being created by the shedding of many of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets to the Walt Disney Co., will include Fox News Channel, the Fox broadcasting network, se...

Americas | 2018-10-10 09:26

Nikki Haley resigns as Trump's UN ambassador

In the latest shake-up for President Donald Trump's turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced Tuesday she is resigning at the end of the year, raising fresh questions about the Trump team and about the outspoken diplomat's own political ambitions.

Americas | 2018-10-10 09:16

White tiger kills zookeeper in Japan

A white tiger attacked and killed a zookeeper in its enclosure in southern Japan, officials said Tuesday. "A zookeeper was found collapsed in a cage, bleeding," a local police official told AFP, adding the man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-09 17:30

Americans Nordhaus, Romer win Nobel Economics Prize

Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for work in integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

Europe | 2018-10-08 19:32

Kavanaugh confirmed, quickly sworn in; major Trump victory

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Saturday night after the bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed him. The Senate vote delivered an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides.

Americas | 2018-10-07 09:54

China warns against foreign interference as Hong Kong bans journalist

China on Saturday warned foreign countries not to "interfere" over Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist, after the UK and other governments expressed alarm over eroding freedoms in the former British colony.

Asia Pacific | 2018-10-07 09:30

Interpol chief reported missing; French police launch investigation

French police opened an investigation after the wife of Interpol director Meng Hongwei reported her husband missing, police sources said on Friday.

Europe | 2018-10-05 19:54

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