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Indonesia’s tsunami warning system offline when quake hit
New York Times, Published on 04/03/2016
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia was compelled to rely on tsunami warnings from other nations’ buoys in the Indian Ocean this week after a huge earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra because its detection system was disabled, a senior disaster agency official said.
Pakistan university attack kills at least 19
New York Times, Published on 20/01/2016
» PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN -- At least 19 people were killed and several wounded when militants attacked a university campus in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, a senior government official said.
Journalist in search of refuge in Thailand disappears
New York Times, Published on 27/01/2016
» A Chinese journalist travelling across Thailand on a frantic quest for political refuge messaged his wife to say that he would soon reach the border with Laos. Then, two weeks ago, the journalist, Li Xin, disappeared.
Cambodia’s new cultural jewel
Life, New York Times, Published on 28/01/2016
» The giant mural in the foyer depicting a smiling stone face offers a mere taste of the grandiosity within the new Angkor Panorama Museum here. Inside, a 360-degree painted vista covers an area the size of nearly four basketball courts. Over 45,000 figures populate this cyclorama, a depiction of 12th century Angkorian history.
Chanel chief executive quits over strategic differences
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2016
» PARIS: Twenty-four hours after Chanel’s Paris couture show was called among the best of the season, the company confirmed that Maureen Chiquet, chief executive of Chanel and one of the few women at the helm of a global luxury business, would leave at the end of this month.
Iowa caucuses begin the long, slow US election
News, New York Times, Published on 01/02/2016
» The presidential race hurtled over the weekend toward a watershed moment: voting that will start to reveal the true depth of Americans' desire to cast aside traditional politicians and Washington-style compromise and embrace disruptive outsiders appealing to their passions.
Syria talks inch ahead as fighting continues
New York Times, Published on 01/02/2016
» GENEVA — As a suicide attack killed more than 40 people near a revered shrine in Syria Sunday and government forces pummelled a besieged town, peace talks inched forward in Geneva, where a reluctant opposition delegation met for the first time with a United Nations mediator.
Ageing China, Europe search for more children
New York Times, Published on 11/11/2015
» China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront a problem that is facing much of Europe, too - ageing populations and not enough babies. But reversing a demographic slide involves a complicated set of incentives that have more to do with social mores than with government policies, experts say.
Luxembourg embarks on a long-term rebranding effort
New York Times, Published on 25/11/2015
» Luxembourg, the country once known as the European “Death Star” of financial secrecy, is looking to improve its image.
China says 2 activists sent back by Thailand now detained
New York Times, Published on 27/11/2015
» BEIJING -- The Chinese government confirmed it has repatriated and detained two dissidents who were living in Thailand and had won UN recognition as refugees, a state-run newspaper reported.