By Gerry Shih Associated Press CHANGSHA, China (AP) — A judge ruled against a gay couple in China’s first same-sex marriage case that attracted several hundred supporters to the courthouse […]
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Museum faces closure threat
By Kelvin Chan and Annie Ho Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The world’s only museum chronicling the Chinese government’s brutal 1989 crackdown on student protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square […]
‘Quantico’ star Priyanka Chopra wins India award
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who has won global acclaim for her role as FBI agent Alex Parrish on ABC’s “Quantico,” received a prestigious award from India’s […]
Chinese women getting mixed social signals on beauty, roles
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese women are being taken on a roller-coaster ride by social media, getting bombarded on one side by extreme expectations about physical beauty, while getting support for female independence in a society where women who aren’t married by their late 20s are considered “leftovers.”
US to join quake relief effort in Japan; 48 dead, 3 missing
TOKYO (AP) — Searchers found a man’s body April 20 in a landslide-hit area in southern Japan, bringing the death toll to 48 from two powerful earthquakes last week. Three people remain missing.
World’s wild tiger count increases for the first time in a century
NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with some 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said April 10.
Iran says Boeing officials will visit Tehran for talks soon
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said April 9 that the United States has allowed Boeing to have direct talks with Iranian airliners following reports that a Boeing delegation will visit […]
Fujimori leads first round in Peru election
The daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori held a strong lead April 11 in preliminary results from the first round of Peru’s presidential election and appeared to be headed to a showdown with another center-right candidate in a June runoff.
Seoul: North Korea fires missile and tries to jam GPS signals
By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea and tried to jam GPS navigation signals in South Korea on […]
Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar’s president
By Esther Htusan Associated Press Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar’s president on March 30, taking a momentous step in […]
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