Nepal asks for international support for reconstruction
MAY 5 -- The prime minister of Nepal asked the international community for support for reconstruction after a magnitude 7.8…
11 years ago
Asia
Bamboo keyboard, gaining fame in China
MAY 5 -- The newest technological trend in China is environmentally-friendly. Instead of using the usual plastic computer components, a…
11 years ago
China lodges protest with U.S. after religious freedom report
CHINA lodged a protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom were…
11 years ago
May 1 rallies across Asia demand higher pay, better workers’ rights.
MAY 1 (Reuters) -- Marches in various cities in Asia on Friday (May 1) rallied for workers' rights on May…
11 years ago
UN agencies join in Nepal quake relief
MAY 1 (Reuters) -- The devastating earthquake in Nepal has drawn high attention from all over the world and several…
11 years ago
Woman trapped for five days under quake rubble, rescued in Nepal
RESCUERS on Thursday (April 30), pulled free a woman who had been trapped under a collapsed building for five days following…
11 years ago
Many quake survivors still stranded in Nepal’s mountainous regions
APRIL 30 (Reuters) -- Many survivors of the Nepal earthquake were still waiting to be evacuated from rural mountainous regions…
11 years ago
Ambulances carrying bodies of executed drug convicts leave Indonesian prison island
APRIL 29 (Reuters) -- Ambulances carrying the remains of executed drug convicts left the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan on…
11 years ago
Nepal quake death toll could reach 10,000 says Prime Minister; Kathmandu residents flee quake-hit city
MANY residents of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu tried to leave the city on Tuesday (April 28) amid continuous tremors and after…
11 years ago
Families of nine facing death row emotional as midnight execution by firing squad set
NINE drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch…
11 years ago
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