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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.
Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US
AFP, Published on 02/03/2019
» OTTAWA - Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States -- the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China.
Chinese protester arrested after lighting fire at Japan shrine
Published on 12/12/2018
» TOKYO: A Chinese man from Hong Kong set on fire a makeshift memorial tablet in an act of protest on Wednesday morning at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo and was arrested by police for trespassing, according to police and an activist group.
China summons Canada envoy over detained Huawei exec: state media
AFP, Published on 09/12/2018
» BEIJING - China on Saturday summoned the Canadian ambassador over the "unconscionable and vile" detention of telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer in Vancouver, state media reported, in Beijing's latest angry response to the hot-button case.
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.
1 Chinese, 25 Vietnamese caught trying to enter Taiwan
Published on 20/03/2018
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorises said on Tuesday that one Chinese national and 25 more Vietnamese were detained the previous day on suspicion of attempting to enter Taiwan illegally.
Singapore seeks to extradite Canadian 'bank robber' released from Thailand
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore said on Monday it was seeking to extradite a Canadian man suspected of a rare bank robbery in the city-state, after he was detained by authorities in Britain last week.
China demolishes Christian megachurch
Published on 13/01/2018
» BEIJING: Authorities in northern China have demolished a Christian megachurch in a move denounced by a religious rights group as "Taliban-style persecution".
US immigration raids target 7-Eleven managers
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: US immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an employer under Donald Trump's presidency.
Reuters journalists charged with violating Myanmar law
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» Prosecutors in Myanmar formally charged two journalists from the Reuters news agency on Wednesday with violating the Official Secrets Act, signalling the case will go forward despite international condemnation.