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Japan envisions 60m foreign visitors annually by 2030
Published on 03/04/2016
» TOKYO - Japan now aims to welcome 40 million foreign visitors annually by 2020 -- double the previous target -- and 60 million by 2030, under a new government tourism strategy.
TAO chief wounded in Yala attack
Online Reporters, Published on 03/04/2016
» YALA -- The chairman of a tambon administration organisation (TAO) was seriously wounded in a gun attack in Krong Pinang district on Sunday morning, police said.
EU set for new row over asylum rules overhaul
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» BRUSSELS - The EU will unveil plans to overhaul its asylum system this week following a controversial migrant deal with Turkey, but the proposals look set to trigger fresh rows in a bloc already deeply divided by the refugee crisis.
Mega India-backed coal project awarded Australia mining leases
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» SYDNEY - A controversial India-backed giant coal project near Australia's Great Barrier Reef was on Sunday awarded mining leases, but developer Adani said it would not commit to a final investment decision until legal challenges against it were resolved.
Russian phenom Medvedeva captivates World Championships
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» BOSTON - Russian teenager Evgenia Medvedeva underscored her status as the new star of women's skating on Saturday with a record-breaking victory at the World Figure Skating Championships.
All asylum children freed from mainland detention: Australia
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» SYDNEY - The last asylum-seeker children in Australian mainland detention have been freed, the government said on Sunday, although dozens of others are still being held on the remote Pacific island of Nauru.
New Tesla Model 3 revealed
Richard Leu, Published on 03/04/2016
» All-electric saloon hopes to steal attention from punters of the BMW 3-series and Mercedes-Benz C-class plug-in hybrids.
Mobile messages tell stories of refugees fleeing war
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» DUBAI - "Daddy, where are you now? In Turkey or Sweden?" a Syrian girl asks her father in her first voice message to him since he joined hundreds of thousands fleeing the war.
Power outage cripples Manila airport, thousands stranded
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» MANILA - A rare power outage plunged a major section of the Philippine capital's main airport into darkness overnight, forcing flight cancellations that stranded thousands on Sunday.
S Korean drug fugitive nabbed
Online Reporters, Published on 03/04/2016
» A South Korean national, wanted under warrants issued by police in his home country and Interpol, has been arrested by Thai immigration police.