BANGKOK - Thai authorities have ordered an anti-junta television channel to stop broadcasting as the kingdom's military rulers tighten the screw on dissent ahead of a controversial referendum vote.The junta has banned campaigning ahead of an August 7 plebiscite...
HONG KONG - A key figure in Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Revolution' was convicted Thursday of participating in a protest that sparked mass pro-democracy rallies, in a prosecution blasted as a "chilling warning" by rights campaigners.Joshua Wong - who led...
BEIJING - Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures showed.At least 24 people in the provinces of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi have been confirmed...
YANGON - Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted an invite from Barack Obama to visit the United States, her government said Thursday, the first time the pair will meet since last year's landmark elections."She accepted...
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong was found guilty Thursday of participating in a protest that led to the city's mass pro-democracy rallies, in a case he has slammed as political persecution.The verdict comes as tensions...
Thailand's Fisheries Department has banned a crocodile farm in Chon Buri from allowing tourists to board a raft to feed full-grown crocodiles. Chon Buri chief fisheries officer Bancha Sukkaew served the order of the department chief to the Anachak Chang Pattaya at...
At least five people were killed and another five injured in a seaplane crash on Wednesday in Shanghai.The nine-seat seaplane, operated by Joy General Aviation, crashed into a bridge along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway at 12:15 pm, 10 minutes after...
From the south to the north, with record-breaking downpours, flooding, landslides and loss of lives, China is coping with a seemingly endless string of extreme weather conditions and disasters this summer. And it is bracing for more.President Xi Jinping...
Callista Olzheim spent much of the past 14 years searching for her birthparents, and wondering why they abandoned her.She was adopted by Dutch woman Erika Olzheim when she was 18 months old, and has just concluded another trip to...
