It’s said that fireworks were invented more than 2,000 years ago in China. But the fireworks in those days were quite different from the fireworks of today.
Nations are divided over lifting 25-year ban on whale hunting
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A showdown looms this week over the 25-year ban on commercial whaling: Should it be eased, which might mean fewer whales are killed?
King says Tonga should move to nuclear power
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — The impoverished South Pacific island nation of Tonga should move quickly toward nuclear power as its main source of electricity, its king said on June 11.
Celebrity sex tape scandal grips Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office
Japan’s new prime minister faces test to win back voters
TOKYO (AP) — Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan’s new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation’s
China executes man who attacked 29 children
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Sunday executed a man convicted of slashing 29 children and three teachers with a knife in one of a series of recent assaults on schools and kindergartens, a state news agency reported.
Mongolia counts carcasses after harsh winter
UYANGA, Mongolia (AP) – Before he can fully tend to his dwindling herd, Demberel has to bury the dead cows, goats, and sheep caused by Mongolia’s worst winter
North Korea to figure in Japan-China summit
TOKYO, Japan (AP) — China faced Japanese pressure Monday to join international efforts to penalize North Korea for its alleged sinking of a South Korean
Vietnam and U.S. still in conflict over Agent Orange
CAM TUYEN, Vietnam (AP) — Her children are 21 and 16 years old, but they still cry through the night, tossing and turning in pain, sucking their thumbs for comfort.
U.N. chief condemns torpedo attack, expects response
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the evidence was “overwhelming and deeply troubling,”
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