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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers on Monday expressed concern about maritime disputes in Asia, as worries grow in the region over China’s territorial and military ambitions. Beijing lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea despite conflicting partial claims from Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines. It has constructed artificial islands in the area in recent months as it asserts its sovereignty. Japan, meanwhile, has its own dispute […]
Taiwan accused China Monday of kidnapping eight Taiwanese who had been cleared of criminal charges by a court in Kenya, and angrily demanded their immediate return from the mainland. The alleged abduction — described by Taiwan’s foreign ministry as “illegal” and “uncivilised” — posed a potential challenge to president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, who takes office next month. Kenyan authorities in November 2014 arrested 28 Taiwanese along with 49 other ethnic Chinese on charges of illegally entering […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — People who smoke may find it harder to get work, and make less money than non-smokers, according to a US study out Monday. The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine were based on more than 250 unemployed job-seekers in the San Francisco area. About half smoked cigarettes — on average 13 per day — and the other half did not smoke. Researchers checked in with […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (Reuters) – The spread and impact of the Zika virus is wider than initially anticipated, U.S. health officials said on Monday (April 11). Dr. Anne Schuchat, a deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters at the White House that the type of mosquito in which the virus is carried is present in more U.S. states than initially thought. U.S. scientists now believe the mosquito is present […]
SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) – A woman and her child were rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in eastern China’s Shanghai on Monday (April 11). According to state broadcaster CCTV, the incident took place at around 1:25 p.m. (0525 GMT) in Songjiang district, an area southwest of downtown. As of 8 p.m. (1200 GMT), one spot in the ruins had shown signs of life and rescuers were moving debris with hands, CCTV said. Sensors and sniffer […]
QUEULE, Chile (Reuters) – Thousands of dead sardines were found floating on Monday (April 11) along the shores of Queule River in the southern Chilean region of Araucania. Experts are still investigating the cause of the death. Television news footage showed masses of the lifeless silver fish more than a foot deep choking the waters in and around the river shores and boats. At the weekend, Chilean health authorities began removing tons of sardines, scooping […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – Taylor Swift and Adele may have boycotted streaming platforms when releasing their latest albums, but rapper Kanye West proved the power of online consumption as “The Life of Pablo” debuted at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart through the strength of streaming numbers. “The Life of Pablo,” West’s seventh studio album and his seventh No. 1 record on Billboard 200, sold 28,000 physical albums and […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – China urged on Monday (April 11) the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies to take an attitude of seeking truth in handling issues relevant to East and South China Seas, after G7 opposed provocation in the region, where China is locked in territorial disputes with nations including the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. In the latest verbal exchange on who controls the vital trade waterways, China said it had not seen the […]
SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) – Hello Kitty fans in mainland China can now get their fix of the famous mouthless kitten with a sweet cake or cappuccino at a themed restaurant in Shanghai. Hello Kitty Bistro Bianco is the first official Hello Kitty-themed restaurant to open on the mainland. It serves a variety of western food laden with Hello Kitty designs. One customer, 25-year-old Liu Jiaqi, said the food was good but just too cute to […]
PENANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – A nearly eight-metre long python was captured in Malaysia a few days ago and it may be the longest snake ever to be caught. The python, which was found last Thursday on a construction site in Penang, could slither its way into the record books. It was caught by Civil Defence Department personnel after workers from the construction site in Paya Terubong spotted it under a tree and called the emergency […]
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP)—-A congressional committee on Monday recommended impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for a crucial vote in the lower house to decide whether she should face trial. The committee voted 38 to 27 in favor of Rousseff’s ouster. Both sides yelled slogans and waved placards as the vote was completed after hours of bad-tempered debate that often descended into shouting matches, reflecting Brazil’s increasingly bitter divisions. The decision was […]
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia (AFP) — More than 250 Malaysian schools were closed on Monday due to a heatwave brought on by the El Niño weather phenomenon which is severely affecting food production and causing chronic water shortages in many countries. Authorities ordered schools in the states of Perlis and Pahang to shut after temperatures soared above 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over a 72-hour period, according to local reports. The education ministry said the […]
