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Criticism, protests, court challenges greet Trump travel bans
Published on 30/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump fought back on Sunday amid growing international criticism, outrage from civil rights activists and legal challenges over his abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Cambodia to arrest three behind photoshopped image of king
AFP, Published on 02/01/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodian police on Monday said they planned to arrest three suspects, including one believed to be in Thailand, for being behind an offensive photoshopped image of the country's king that placed him in a gay porn scene.
Trump, politics on the mind at Art Basel Miami Beach
AFP, Published on 02/12/2016
» MIAMI BEACH - Politics and art have often gone hand in hand. At the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, the biggest and most anticipated of the year in North America, exhibitors certainly have Donald Trump on their minds.
The young Taiwan fraudsters targeted by Beijing
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» TAIPEI - Taiwanese fraud rings based all over the world have for years swindled billions of dollars from members of the public through phone scams -- now they are the target of an angry China.
Obama holds 'excellent conversation' with Trump at White House
AFP, Published on 11/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and his successor Donald Trump held a 90-minute transition meeting in the Oval Office Thursday, with the outgoing president vowing his support after an "excellent conversation."
Hillary: Give him a chance
Published on 10/11/2016
» NEW YORK - Gone was the ballroom with a soaring glass ceiling, the confetti and the celebrity guest stars. Instead, Hillary Clinton looked out to a group of grief-stricken aides and tearful supporters, as she acknowledged her stunning loss of the presidency to Donald Trump.
Suu Kyi courts Thai junta in reversal of fortunes
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/06/2016
» Aung San Suu Kyi leaves democratically led Myanmar this week for military-ruled Thailand on an official visit that highlights the changing fortunes of the Southeast Asian neighbours.
'Missing' bookseller returns to Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 14/06/2016
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong bookseller who went missing in mainland China and re-emerged under detention returned to his home city on Tuesday and asked police to drop their investigation into his initial disappearance.
Mission to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/06/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha can expect a warm welcome when he arrives in India on Thursday, but no endorsement, implicit or explicit, of the military regime he heads.
China's Silk Road ambitions face obstacles
Published on 05/06/2016
» For the southwestern city of Kunming, China's plan to extend a high-speed rail link 3,000 kilometres (1,875 miles) south to Singapore is already a boon: pristine expressways, a gleaming station and something of a real estate boom, as young buyers crowd property showrooms.