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Mexico deploys 15,000 troops to US border to slow migration
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» MEXICO CITY - Mexico has deployed nearly 15,000 soldiers and National Guardsmen to its border with the United States, the army chief said Monday -- admitting they are detaining migrants who try to cross, after the policy triggered backlash.
Giant 'Pac-Man' rock in Japan drawing climbers
Published on 09/12/2018
» MIYAZAKI, Japan: A giant rock that resembles video game character Pac-Man is drawing climbers to a mountain in southwestern Japan, with visitors eager to capture images to share on social networks.
Typhoon heads for Hokkaido
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2018
» TOKYO: Typhoon Cimaron passed through western Japan to the Sea of Japan early Friday, leaving more than a dozen people injured and disrupting traffic before heading for the northern main island of Hokkaido.
Meth trade forges unlikely link between Rohingya and Myanmar soldiers
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» TEKNAF (BANGLADESH) - Huge quantities of meth are seeding unrest inside Bangladesh's refugee camps, as jobless Rohingya turn drug runners for a criminal chain that stretches back to Myanmar -- and the soldiers who drove them out.
Britain's Princess Eugenie gets engaged
AFP, Published on 23/01/2018
» LONDON: Britain's Princess Eugenie of York has got engaged, Buckingham Palace announced Monday, lining up a second royal wedding this year at the church where Prince Harry will tie the knot.
Riverside nations adopt Mekong action plan
Published on 11/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Leaders of the six countries sharing the Mekong River on Wednesday adopted a five-year plan of action on sub-regional cooperation.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
Flights cancelled as killer Typhoon Lan slams into central Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 23/10/2017
» TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon Lan made landfall on the Pacific coast of central Japan early Monday, leaving at least two dead as it battered a wide area with heavy rain and strong winds.
Typhoon Noru makes landfall in western Japan
Published on 07/08/2017
» TOKYO - A slow-moving typhoon made landfall in Wakayama prefecture on Monday afternoon, the weather agency said, after leaving at least one dead and seven injured in southwestern Japan.
Death toll rises to 25 in Japan floods
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2017
» FUKUOKA - The death toll rose to 25 on Monday as rescue efforts continued to find those unaccounted for after torrential rain hit southwestern Japan last week, with over 20 people still missing.