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US envoy decries Chinese ‘intimidation’ in South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2019
» A US envoy on Monday denounced Chinese "intimidation" in the South China Sea at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in Nonthaburi, and conveyed an invitation from President Donald Trump for the leaders to attend a special summit in the United States.
'Silicon Saxony' stands on foundations laid under East Germany
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» DRESDEN (GERMANY) - When US computer processor maker AMD was building a factory in the eastern German city Dresden in the late 1990s, it sent around 200 local engineers for training to its site in Texas.
Chinese state media urge 'tougher line' on Hong Kong
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» BEIJING: Chinese state-run media on Monday called for a "tougher line" on democracy protesters in Hong Kong after a weekend of violence over Beijing's plans to tighten its control of the semi-autonomous city.
Millions in Indian capital endure 'eye-burning' smog
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» NEW DELHI: Millions of people in India's capital started the week on Monday choking through "eye-burning" smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction halted.
In the line of fire
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/11/2019
» One day in September, while they were resting after a day's labour in the fields, 30 civilians were killed by a US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State hideout in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
Brazil's Bolsonaro says 'worst is yet to come' on oil spill
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Sunday that "the worst is yet to come" with an oil spill that has affected more than 200 beaches on the country's coast.
German puzzlers reconstruct Stasi files from millions of fragments
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» BERLIN: Barbara Poenisch spends most of her days at work doing puzzles -- piecing together a mountain of documents torn up by the hated East German Stasi secret police.
Attacker bites off politician's ear, others slashed in Hong Kong
Associated Press, Published on 04/11/2019
» HONG KONG: A knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong late on Sunday, as riot police stormed several malls to thwart protesters who have been demanding government reforms for nearly five months.
British MPs vote on new speaker after Bercow's departure
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» LONDON - British MPs will on Monday select the new speaker of the House of Commons, once an unremarkable event but one now charged with significance following the previous occupant's role in Brexit.
Fresh attack pushes Mali army death toll to 51
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» BAMAKO - A day after dozens of Malian soldiers died in a devastating jihadist raid on a military base, a roadside bomb killed two more troops in the violence-wracked West African country, the army said Sunday.