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Fri, October 18, 2019 | 00:08

Australia takes responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes

Australia's central bank has taken responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes after a radio station posted an image of the microscopic error on social media. Triple M radio posted on Instagram on Thursday a magnified photograph of a 50 Australian dollar ($35) note showing the misspelling of ``responsibility.'' The word appears three times on the note and the third ``i'...

2019-05-10 14:48

Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya crisis freed

Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces' abuses of Rohingya Muslims were pardoned and released Tuesday, the prison chief and witnesses said. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed after President Win Myint issued a blanket pardon for 6,520 prisoners, said Zaw Zaw, chief of Yangon's Insein Prison.

2019-05-07 15:07

Chinese-only businesses in Philippines under probe

Philippine authorities have launched an investigation into some business owners accused of exclusively catering to Chinese customers in the country. According to local media Monday, the country's presidential office ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to look into allegations that some Chinese-owned restaurants and other businesses refuse to serve Filipino customer...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-05-07 14:16

Brunei won't enforce gay sex death penalty after backlash

Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics Monday called for harsh sharia laws to be abandoned entirely. In a speech late Sunday, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said a moratorium on capital punishment that already applies to Brunei's regular criminal code would also extend to its new sharia code, ...

2019-05-07 10:28

Cyclone Fani hits India's east coast; 1.2 million evacuated

Cyclone Fani has made landfall on India's eastern coast as a grade 5 storm, lashing the emptied beaches with rain and wind gusting up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour. The India Meterological Department says the ``extremely severe'' cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hit the coastal state of Odisha around 8 a.m. on Friday.

2019-05-03 16:01

Emperor announces abdication as Japan marks end of era

Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. ``Today, I am concluding my duties as the emperor,'' Akihito said as he stood in front of the throne, as other members of the royal family and top government officials watched.

2019-04-30 18:13

Islamic State leader: Sri Lanka attack was revenge for Syria

The leader of the Islamic State group praised the Easter suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people in Sri Lanka in a video released Monday, calling on militants to be a ``thorn'' against their enemies in his first filmed appearance in nearly five years. The video of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to whom the suicide bombers in last week's attack apparently pledged their loyalt...

2019-04-30 10:10

Abandon Jakarta: Indonesia again mulls plan for new capital

Indonesia's decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo on Monday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta. Widodo decided at a special Cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia's most populous island, Java, said Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegor...

2019-04-30 10:05

Japan's emperor to step down in 200-year first

For the first time in more than 200 years, Japan's emperor will abdicate Tuesday, putting his son on the Chrysanthemum Throne and ushering in a new era for the world's oldest monarchy. In a set of solemn ceremonies, Emperor Akihito will hand over to his eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, also kicking off the new imperial "Reiwa" era - meaning "beautiful harmony" -...

2019-04-30 09:49

Japan emperor abdication rare, but could set precedent

Japan emperor abdication rare, but could set precedent

Emperor Akihito, 85, will step down on Tuesday, almost three years after he first publicly hinted he wanted to retire and hand over to his heir, Crown Prince Naruhito. It is the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in two centuries.

2019-04-30 09:48

Japan's emperor to step down in 200-year first

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