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China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong
Associated Press, Published on 02/12/2019
» HONG KONG: China said Monday it will suspend US military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation for the signing into law of legislation supporting anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory.
Philippines says it protests China 'harassment' of navy boat
Associated Press, Published on 30/05/2018
» MANILA: The Philippine government has quietly protested after Chinese ships deployed a helicopter that flew “dangerously close'' to a Philippine navy boat carrying supplies to Filipino marines based in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, two officials said Wednesday.
Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2017
» AIR MENDUYUNG: Less than five years after it pledged to end dozens of disputes over land and gain local consent for new plantations in Indonesia, one of the world's largest paper companies is backsliding on those vows. At issue: its dealings with a supplier that has been a butt of community opposition.
China's Xi gets 2nd term as Communist Party leader
Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2017
» BEIJING: Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday unveiled the lineup of the party's highest body who will rule alongside him as he embarks on a second five-year term as party leader.
'Nutty Professor' star Jerry Lewis dies at 91
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2017
» LOS ANGELES - Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.
Hong Kong selects new leader; China accused of meddling
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2017
» HONG KONG - The candidate favoured by China's Communist leadership was chosen as Hong Kong's new leader on Sunday, in the first such vote since huge pro-democracy protests erupted over the semi-autonomous Chinese city's election system in 2014.
Tyres get new lives in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2014
» YANGON — The air in the dark, dingy room is thick with the acrid smell of rubber. Aung Nyunt and a half-dozen other workers toil away there day and night, turning discarded tyres into flip-flops, buckets and hard-to-find spare parts for used cars.