By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fire and police investigators were inspecting the burned-out ruins of Shuri Castle on Okinawa to determine the cause of the fire that nearly destroyed the symbol of the Japanese island’s cultural heritage and history of struggle. The fire on Oct. 31 burned down the three main halls […]
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
By NINIEK KARMINI, MARGIE MASON and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the plane vulnerable to failure of a single sensor. They criticized […]
$1.84 million diamond stolen from Japan jewelry fair
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are investigating a $1.84 million diamond allegedly stolen from an international jewelry trade show near Tokyo. The 50-carat diamond was last seen sitting inside a glass showcase at 5 p.m. on Oct. 24. An hour later, just after closing time, the diamond was gone and the jewelry case was unlocked, […]
Director promises dank thrills in Thai cave boys rescue saga
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northern Thai mountain. The ordeal in late June and early July […]
Yoshino wins Nobel for lithium-ion battery breakthrough
STOCKHOLM (AP) — If you’re reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank this year’s three winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries. The prize announced on Oct. 9 went to John B. Goodenough, 97, an American engineering professor at the University of Texas; Akira Yoshino, […]
China won’t show Lakers-Nets games to punish NBA commissioner
By ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league was not apologizing for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, even after China’s state broadcaster canceled plans to show a pair of preseason games in the country later this week. Silver, speaking at […]
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to run for office
By EILEEN NG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong announced on Sept. 28 plans to contest local elections and warned that any attempt to disqualify him will only spur more support for monthslong pro-democracy protests. Wong, 22, said that he will run in district council elections in November and […]
DreamWorks, Shanghai studio hope ‘Abominable’ suits China
By TERRY TANG Associated Press For the new animated movie “Abominable,’’ bringing a big city in China to life with accuracy means that even the trash has to look right. Chinese animators collaborating with DreamWorks animators urged them to dump metal trash cans from backdrops because “we don’t have metal trash cans.’’ “It took nights […]
Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set street fires
By KATIE TAM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized two subway stations and set at least two street fires on Sept. 22, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again. The day’s action began peacefully, as protesters filled a shopping mall and, in a new […]
Indonesian police arrest hundreds linked to forest fires
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police announced on Sept. 19 that they have arrested 230 people suspected of starting some of the fires that are spreading health-damaging haze across a large part of Southeast Asia. Among those arrested are three men who were caught while trying to clear land to […]
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