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Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2019
» Pope Francis called for migrants to be made welcome and women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of activities in Thailand on Thursday.
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2018
» Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world's largest paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperating on conservation.
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Despite its denials, one of the world's biggest paper producers has extensive behind-the-scenes ties and significant influence over wood suppliers linked to fires and deforestation that have degraded Indonesia's stunning natural environment, The Associated Press has found.
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2017
» PYONGYANG: Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online.
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2017
» HUNCHUN, China: The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in stores and homes in the US and other countries.
Associated Press, Published on 04/10/2017
» LAS VEGAS: The Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend, back in the United States after a weeks-long trip abroad, will be at the centre of the investigation into the shooting deaths of 59 people as authorities try to determine why a man with no known record of violence or crime would open fire on a concert crowd from a high-rise hotel.
Associated Press, Published on 03/03/2017
» WASHINGTON - The outgoing top US diplomat for East Asia says China should take more action to send an unambiguous signal to North Korea to stop its nuclear and missile programmes.
Associated Press, Published on 16/02/2016
» RANCHO MIRAGE, CALFIFORNIA – US President Barack Obama opened a meeting of leaders from a 10-nation bloc of Southeast Asian nations on Monday, calling the landmark gathering on US soil a reflection of his personal commitment to an enduring partnership with the diverse group of countries.
Associated Press, Published on 20/05/2015
» Myanmar reversed course Wednesday, saying it now likely will attend a regional meeting in Bangkok next week set to address the crisis involving thousands of minority Muslims fleeing the Southeast Asian nation by boat.