The “Life in Venice” housing development, a multibillion-dollar replica of the Italian city on the Chinese coast, stands silent.
U.S., Iran end talks with no new nuclear deal
Following hours of indirect negotiations, the U.S. and Iran ended talks in Geneva without a new nuclear deal yesterday.
South Korea relaunches truth commission with focus on adoption fraud
South Korea has relaunched a fact-finding commission into its past human rights violations, with a key focus on the extensive fraud and malfeasance that corrupted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program.
Iranians worry over American military buildup as last-chance round of talks nears
As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.
US and South Korean militaries will have joint drills in March as tensions with North Korea escalate
The U.S. and South Korean militaries said on Wednesday they will conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities against a backdrop of a deepening diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Cambodian opposition politician convicted of inciting social disorder gets early prison release
A prominent Cambodian opposition politician who was convicted of inciting social disorder was granted early release from prison on Wednesday after receiving a royal pardon.
Kim reelected to top post of North Korea’s ruling party as it hails his nuclear buildup
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reelected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, with delegates crediting him for bolstering the country’s nuclear arsenal and strengthening its regional standing, state media reported Monday.
Japan’s emperor expresses concern about disaster survivors on his 66th birthday
Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in comments released for his 66th birthday Monday just weeks before the March 11 anniversary.
A resistance leader in Myanmar turns himself in to the army after clashing with rival force
A prominent leader of an independent resistance group in Myanmar that had come under attack by rivals who are loyal to the mainstream opposition force has surrendered to the country’s military authorities, state media reported Thursday.
Trump threatens military action in Iran, despite ongoing nuclear deal talks
President Donald Trump has threatened military action against Iran—even going so far as to send the United States’ largest military aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, into the region to join an already massive military fleet—if Iran’s government doesn’t agree to a nuclear program deal.
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