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Sun, September 22, 2019 | 17:01

US-China trade talks: what's under debate

US and Chinese officials wrapped up days of trade talks in Beijing on Friday with plans to resume negotiations in Washington this week as the world's top two economies try to smooth out their thorny trade dispute

2019-02-17 20:09

37 killed in Indian Kashmir attack

At least 37 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed on Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir in one the deadliest attacks on government forces there, police said. The suicide bombing outside Srinagar claimed by an Islamist group is likely to ratchet up tensions between nuclear-armed arch rivals India and Pakistan, with New Delhi long accusing Islamabad of supporting milita...

2019-02-15 10:15

Activists to Trudeau: 'It's time for Canada to take its trash out of Philippines'

International environmental, health and human rights groups have urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take back the trash illegally shipped to the Philippines several years ago. “The dumping of Canadian wastes in the Philippines is immoral and illegal,” organizations, including IPEN and Basel Action Network, said in a statement to Trudeau Monday. “It is a violation...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-02-12 15:36

Turkey urges China to respect human rights

Turkey has called China's treatment of its minority Uighurs ``a great cause of shame for humanity.'' In a statement Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said it's ``no longer a secret'' that China has arbitrarily detained more than a million Uighurs in ``concentration camps.'' He said the Turkic Muslim population faced pressure and ``systematic assimilation'' in we...

2019-02-10 16:00

Thai princess bid for PM scuttled

Thai Princess Ubolratana's unprecedented attempt to become the country's next prime minister was abruptly nixed Saturday after her party agreed to comply with a command from the king opposing the plan. The party's announcement effectively blocking Ubolratana's candidacy came after an extraordinary rebuke by her brother King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and removes a hurdle for the ru...

2019-02-10 11:26

Historic candidacy of princess upends tradition in Thailand

A Thai political party on Friday named a princess as its nominee to be the next prime minister, upending tradition that the royal palace plays no public role in politics and upsetting all predictions about what may happen in next month's election

2019-02-08 15:06

'Not yet': No Trump-Xi meeting before March 1 trade talks deadline

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not expect to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline in trade war negotiations between the two economic superpowers. "Not yet," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if a meeting had been arranged for within the next month. Asked if a meeting could happen by March 1, he said: "No."

2019-02-08 10:05

Trump right on spot on North Korea

Elephants face 'time bomb' in Bangladesh land clash with Rohingya refugees

Standing atop an elephant watch-tower on the outskirts of the sprawling Rohingya refugee settlement in southeast Bangladesh, Nur Islam takes great pride in keeping his people safe

2019-02-07 13:24

Hundreds of schools to shut as toxic smog chokes Bangkok

Toxic smog forced hundreds of Bangkok schools to close Wednesday, as authorities struggle to manage a pollution crisis that has stirred widespread health fears and taken on a political edge just weeks before elections

2019-01-31 19:52

Cambodia's bid to be 'New Macau' stirs old wounds as Chinese cash in

A businessman leaves a smoky room $1,500 poorer from a game of Baccarat at a casino in Sihanoukville - an increasingly common scene in the Cambodian beachtown as it becomes a honeypot for Chinese gamblers and investors at a pace worrying marginalised locals

2019-01-28 14:24

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