China sentences another Canadian to death for drug trafficking
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese court sentenced a second Canadian man to death for drug trafficking on Tuesday amid…
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Asia
End of an era: Japan’s Emperor Akihito formally steps down, offers “deepest heartfelt gratitude to people of Japan”
by Harumi OZAWA / Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Emperor Akihito of Japan formally stepped down…
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Japan’s emperor performs main abdication ceremony
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Outgoing Japanese emperor Akihito on Tuesday performed the main ritual to hand over the Chrysanthemum…
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Japan’s new imperial couple face heavy burden of tradition
By Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, April 30, 2019 (AFP) - Japan's incoming emperor Crown Prince Naruhito faces the delicate task of…
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End of an era: Japan’s emperor kicks off abdication rites
TOKYO, April 30, 2019 (AFP) - Draped in ornate golden-brown robes and wearing a towering black hat, Japan's Emperor Akihito…
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Japan’s Emperor Akihito ends reign marked by modernisation
by Hiroshi HIYAMA Japan's outgoing Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dramatically modernised the tradition-bound monarchy, bringing themselves closer to the…
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IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years
by Ali Choukeir and Maya Gebeily BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- The Islamic State group's elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made…
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Japan kicks off unprecedented long holiday, including celebration days for imperial transition
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Saturday kicked off an unprecedented 10-day holiday, including celebration days for the imperial…
7 years ago
15 killed, including in six children, in raid on Islamist hideout: Sri Lanka police
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Suicide bombers cornered by security forces in a hideout in eastern Sri Lanka blew…
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3 Filipino women murdered in first recorded serial killing in Cyprus; killer confesses to 7 killings
Authorities in Cyprus on Thursday uncovered a body of a woman, the third Filipina murdered by a suspected serial killer…
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