Story highlights Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met President Xi Jinping Observers say China is hedging its bets ahead of Myanmar elections later this year The Nobel Peace Prize winner is not expected to raise the issue of her hosts’ crackdown on dissent CNN — Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi […]
The toddler’s body was among those recovered Saturday after the ship was lifted, said Liu Xiaowu of Guangzhou Military Command. The total number of bodies found so far stood at 406 on Sunday, Chinese state media reported. An additional 36 people remain unaccounted for. The Eastern Star is upright once again, looking almost normal with […]
Story highlights The Eastern Star turns upright after divers tied slings around it and a crane lifted it Some oil leaked from the ship into the Yangtze River, a government official says Jianli, China CNN — The Eastern Star is upright once again, looking almost normal with its bottom resting on the water and its […]
Two New Zealanders detained in Iran for the last few months have been allowed to leave the country, New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on Wednesday. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had earlier on Tuesday said in a video broadcast live on Facebook that the New Zealand government had for the […]
CNN — The Malaysian government’s insistence on holding a snap general election next month during a monsoon season that’s expected to bring devastating floods risks putting politics above people’s lives, opposition lawmakers and political analysts say. Malaysia will head to the polls on November 19, the country’s election commission announced last week, following Prime Minister […]
Story highlights Buddhism is strongly associated in the Western mind with pacifism Despite this, increasingly Buddhist countries are mired in insurgent violence In Sri Lanka to Myanmar and southern Thailand, Buddhists have been urged to take up arms Analysts say, as with many religions, Buddhism is seen as a part of a national identity Hong […]
Story highlights NEW: 13 dead from a total of 60 cases of bird flu in China, authorities say The virus is normally found in birds H7N9 was never known to infect people until last month Cases of the virus have now spread to central and northern China Hong Kong CNN — Two more people infected […]
CNN — A roadside bomb explosion killed eight people and injured 10 more Saturday in the Pakistani town of Mattani, said Imran Shahid, a senior police official in Peshawar. The bomb targeted a moving passenger van heading to a town located 30 kilometers, or almost 19 miles, south of Peshawar, Shahid said. A number of […]
CNN — Dozens of people have been killed in military airstrikes that hit a celebratory event in Myanmar’s mountainous Kachin state on Sunday, according to local news outlets and international organizations. Victims had been attending an event, including a concert, held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to mark the 62nd anniversary of the group’s […]
Indonesia’s food and drugs agency on Monday said it may pursue criminal action against two pharmaceutical firms that made products linked to acute kidney injury (AKI), amid a spike in cases and deaths among children this year. Authorities have temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene […]
