Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 01:46:30 +0000
HONG KONG – Protesters in Hong Kong have snarled the morning rush hour by blocking train and platform doors to prevent trains from leaving stations.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 22:36:36 +0000
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense of urgency to a slow-moving and politically contested mega project.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:00:37 +0000
BEIJING – A strong earthquake that hit Sichuan province in southern China late Monday night killed 11 people and injured 122, the local government said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:19:35 +0000
BANGKOK – A Thai court on Thursday blocked the leader of a new anti-junta political party from taking his seat in Parliament while it determines whether he violated election rules.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:24:54 +0000
JAKARTA, Indonesia – When Indonesians vote in presidential and legislative elections next week, they’ll be wrestling with choices affecting their country’s future, and ballot papers as big as giant posters.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:12:20 +0000
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s human rights commission has urged the government to reinvestigate the disappearances of a Christian pastor and a Muslim activist after a public inquiry concluded they were abducted by the police special branch for alleged proselytizing of Muslims.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:30:43 +0000
Thailand military leader Prayuth Chan-ocha became prime minister in a very Thai way: He led a military coup.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:11:41 +0000
TOKYO – Human Rights Watch urged Japan on Wednesday to drop its requirement that transgender people be sterilized before their gender is changed on official documents.
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