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UN: Organised crime spreading in Southeast Asia
Associated Press, Published on 18/07/2019
» Organised crime syndicates in Southeast Asia are flourishing in the illegal trafficking of drugs, wildlife, counterfeit goods and people, a UN report said Thursday.
May Day marchers across Asia demand better working conditions
Associated Press, Published on 01/05/2019
» SEOUL, South Korea: Thousands of trade union members and activists were marking May Day on Wednesday by marching through Asia's capitals and demanding better working conditions and expanded labour rights.
Stock turbulence continues, New York down again
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» NEW YORK: It was another shaky day on Wall Street as indexes rallied in the morning, bobbed up and down for much of the day, then sank in the last few minutes of trading. Energy companies dropped along with oil prices and technology companies also declined.
Secret North Korean workers in China
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.
US bans travel for Americans to N.Korea
Associated Press, Published on 22/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - American citizens will be barred by the US from travelling to North Korea beginning next month following a prohibition on using US passports to enter the country, the State Department said.
After student's 'murder', US mulls N.Korea travel ban
Associated Press, Published on 21/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering banning travel by US citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over the death of American student Otto Warmbier and President Donald Trump declared it a "total disgrace."
UK govt, Muslims join to condemn 'sickening' van attack
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» LONDON - British authorities and Islamic leaders moved swiftly to ease concerns in the Muslim community after a man ploughed his vehicle into a crowd of worshippers outside a north London mosque early Monday, injuring at least nine people.
UK contenders trade blows before election
Associated Press, Published on 07/06/2017
» LONDON -- Britain's political leaders crisscrossed the country on the last day of the general election campaign Wednesday, with security dominating the agenda in the wake of the London Bridge attack.
Maker of Kangol hats struggling after US return
Business, Associated Press, Published on 07/06/2017
» ADAMSTOWN, Pennsylvania: If home is where you hang your hat, Kangol is struggling to afford its pricey new US digs.
Latest: Heavily-armed police at London Bridge area
Associated Press, Published on 04/06/2017
» LONDON -- The latest on the attacks in the London Bridge area (all times local).