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Emperor announces abdication as Japan marks end of era
Associated Press, Published on 30/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era.
Japanese woman oldest person at 116
Associated Press, Published on 09/03/2019
» TOKYO: A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honoured on Saturday as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records.
Malaysia royals to pick new king Jan 24
Associated Press, Published on 07/01/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's royal families will meet on Jan 24 to pick a new king after Sultan Muhammad V abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on the throne, an official said Monday.
US election: Trump's incendiary politics vs Democrat 'resistance'
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: A turbulent election season that tested President Donald Trump's slash-and-burn political style against the strength of the Democratic resistance comes to a close as Americans cast ballots in the first national election of the Trump era.
New US sanctions on Russia over UK poisonings
Associated Press, Published on 09/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: New sanctions against Russia will be imposed later this month for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempted assassination of a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year, the United States said.
Devotees reenact crucifixions in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 30/03/2018
» SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines: Filipino Roman Catholic devotees, including a woman, were nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday reenactment of Jesus Christ's sufferings that was watched by thousands of spectators but frowned upon by church leaders.
Dancing lions welcome Lunar New Year in Singapore
Associated Press, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Performers from across Southeast Asia took part in an international lion dance competition in Singapore ahead of the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
Violent deaths fail to halt Pakistani anti-blasphemy rally
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2017
» ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces refrained Sunday from cracking down again on an Islamist sit-in, now in its third week, after violence on Saturday left six dead and wounded scores.
Trump declares North Korea ‘threat to the civilised world’
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2017
» TOKYO: Declaring that North Korea was “a threat to the civilised world”, President Donald Trump vowed Monday in Japan that the United States “will not stand” for Pyongyang menacing America or its allies.