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With sake and Shinto rites, Japanese see in new era
AFP, Published on 01/05/2019
» TOKYO: With refreshing slurps of sake and solemn Shinto rites, Japanese rang in a new imperial era in festive mood Wednesday as Naruhito became their 126th emperor.
More than 150,000 to attend ceremonies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/04/2019
» City Hall is bracing for an influx of more than 150,000 people, expected to flock to Sanam Luang for His Majesty the King's coronation ceremonies this weekend.
Prison looms for convicted Hong Kong democracy leaders
AFP, Published on 24/04/2019
» HONG KONG: A group of Hong Kong activists arrived at court for sentencing on Wednesday after being convicted this month for their role in organising mass pro-democracy protests in 2014 that paralysed the city for months and infuriated Beijing.
Top Myanmar court rejects appeal of award-winning Reuters reporters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» NAYPYIDAW (MYANMAR) - Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon.
Top Myanmar court rejects appeal by massacre reporters
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon.
Free speech or hate speech? Folau sack threat splits Australia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» SYDNEY - Australian sport has been taking a hard line against racism, homophobia and gender inequality, but plans to sack Israel Folau over his religious views have some bemoaning "political correctness" gone too far.
Peru's Garcia denies corruption claims in suicide note
AFP, Published on 20/04/2019
» LIMA - A suicide note in which Peru's Alan Garcia denied corruption charges against him set the backdrop Friday for the ex-president's funeral, two days after he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger as police arrived to arrest him on bribery charges linked to the Odebrecht graft scandal.
US Supreme Court to hear case on vulgar trademarks
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court takes up Monday the government's refusal to register a trademark by a clothing line named "Fuct," and arguments should be, well, salty.
Thailand tilts towards Chinese-style internet controls
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2019
» HONG KONG: A swathe of the world is adopting China’s vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing that would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago.
Assange arrested in London on US extradition request
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's seven-year hideout in Ecuador's London embassy ended spectacularly Thursday when British police arrested him on an extradition request from the United States to face hacking charges.