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Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» HA LONG (VIETNAM) - Squinting in the bright light of a hot summer morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay.
Centara Mirage Resort Mui Ne unveils new room type
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 25/05/2023
» Opened in 2021 under the management of Centara Resorts & Hotels, Centara Mirage Resort Mui Ne in Vietnam's Bình Thuận has launched Premier Pool Access rooms, each offering 40m² of elevated stay.
Typhoon Mawar leaves trail of destruction as it moves from Guam
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A typhoon that slammed into Guam, knocking out power and flooding buildings with a powerful storm surge, was moving away Thursday -- leaving residents of the US Pacific Ocean territory to survey the damage.
14 bodies found in capsized Chinese boat
Published on 24/05/2023
» COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan navy said on Wednesday that it had located 14 bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that capsized last week with 39 crew on board.
Giant panda ‘died of old age’
Post Reporters, Published on 23/05/2023
» Thai and Chinese experts have concluded that the giant panda Lin Hui died of old age last month at the Chiang Mai Zoo, where she had been well cared for over the past 20 years, according to the zoo director.
‘No survivors’ in capsized Chinese fishing vessel
Published on 23/05/2023
» BEIJING: There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino crew members capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial Chinese government investigation report released on Tuesday.
Papua New Guinea, US sign security pact with eye on China
Published on 22/05/2023
» Papua New Guinea signed a defence pact with the United States on Monday, giving US forces access to its airfields and ports as Washington vies with China's expanding footprint in the Pacific region.
Against the stream: Iraq artist battles to save boating tradition
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» BAGHDAD - Young Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the Tigris river in Baghdad, celebrating an ancient nautical heritage in the now drought-stricken country.
US to unveil 'significant' new Russia sanctions at G7
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» HIROSHIMA (JAPAN) - The United States unveiled "significant" new sanctions targeting Russia's "war machine" on Friday, as President Joe Biden meets fellow G7 leaders in Japan.
Colombia president retracts claim children found after plane crash
AFP, Published on 18/05/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after an airplane crash in the Amazon had been found alive.