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Biden heads to divided G20 with Xi and Putin absent
AFP, Published on 06/09/2023
» NEW DELHI - US President Joe Biden heads to India for the G20 summit this weekend aiming to capitalise on the glaring absence of China's and Russia's leaders to bolster alliances in the sharply divided bloc.
Pre-Incan site for ancestor worship found in Peru
AFP, Published on 03/09/2023
» LIMA - A team of Peruvian and Japanese archaeologists has unearthed a pre-Hispanic archaeological site in northern Peru dedicated to ancestor worship, with burial chambers, human remains and ceramic offerings.
Rare strike closes Japanese department store
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - The shutters came down on one of Japan's best-known department stores on Thursday in the retail sector's first strike for six decades, sparked by fears that its mooted new US owner will slash jobs.
First strike in six decades closes famous Japan department store
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - The shutters were down on one of Japan's best-known department stores on Thursday in the sector's first strike for six decades, sparked by fears that its mooted new US owner will slash jobs.
'It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» TOKYO - This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.
NKorea fires two short-range ballistic missiles
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea has said it fired two short-range ballistic missiles as part of a "tactical nuclear strike drill" prompted by US-South Korean military exercises, state media reported Thursday.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
Young Tongans dream of the rugby meal ticket
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» NUKU'ALOFA (TONGA) - On the rocky foreshore of Popua, the poorest area of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa, a group of girls and boys are tossing around a rugby ball.
Brick thrown at Japan embassy in China in Fukushima spat
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» TOKYO - Japan said Tuesday that harassment being faced by Japanese in China after the release of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant was "extremely regrettable", confirming that a brick was thrown at the country's embassy in Beijing.
7.1-magnitude quake, aftershocks rattle Bali
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» JAKARTA - A strong, deep 7.1-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks rattled Bali and other Indonesian islands on Tuesday, the USGS reported, sending panicked tourists into the streets but causing no major damage.