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Superyachts on sanctions radar
Published on 22/02/2023
» Luxurious superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs reportedly close to the Kremlin have proved difficult to seize under Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Swinging double, and Rahm's testing times: golf talking points
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» HONG KONG - Rory McIlroy's swing double and Jon Rahm's untimely positive Covid test feature in AFP Sport's golf talking points this week:
American accused of Vietnam overthrow plot gets 12-year term
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2019
» HANOI: A Vietnamese court has sentenced an American to 12 years in jail for what was described as an attempt to overthrow the Communist nation's government.
Mothers of the Missing: Anguished search for Vietnam's kidnapped brides
AFP, Published on 12/12/2018
» MEO VAC (VIETNAM) - Vu Thi Dinh spent weeks scouring the rugged Vietnamese borderland near China after her teenage daughter vanished with her best friend, clutching a photo of the round-faced girls now feared sold as child brides.
Southeast Asia's idyllic islands buckle under tourism strain
Published on 08/04/2018
» SINGAPORE/BANGKOK: The six-month closure of the Philippine tourism island of Boracay for a revamp after the country's president branded it a "cesspool" reflects the growing pressures on beach resorts across Southeast Asia as visitor numbers surge.
Malaysia intercepts boat carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has intercepted a boat carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, off its northern island of Langkawi, and will allow them to enter the country, Malaysia's coastguard chief said on Tuesday.
US college dean awarded $3 mn in Rolling Stone defamation case
AFP, Published on 08/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - A federal jury has awarded $3 million in damages to a University of Virginia official found to have been defamed in a discredited 2014 story about a purported gang rape on campus.
Intel buys artificial intelligence startup
AFP, Published on 10/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - US-based Intel announced a deal to buy an artificial intelligence startup as the computer chip colossus looks to broaden its role in data centers and the expanding internet of things.
Toxic fish outbreak devastates local industry, challenges state
News, Published on 10/06/2016
» Since a devastating fish kill blighted the waters along 190km of coastline in central Vietnam, hundreds of people are believed to have fallen ill from eating poisoned fish. Here in the fishing village of Nhan Trach, the squid that sustain the local economy have virtually disappeared. And a fishing ban has left hundreds of traps sitting unused on the beach and dozens of small fishing boats idle.
China's Liang leads going into final round in Taipei
AFP, Published on 04/10/2015
» TAIPEI - Liang Wen-chong of China carded a bogey-free four-under-par 68 in the Mercuries Taiwan Masters on Saturday, moving him up the ranks to lead going into the final round.