By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia began vaccinating 6-to-11-year-olds on Sept. 17 so students can safely return to schools that have been closed for months […]
With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SANGEH, Indonesia (AP) — Deprived of their preferred food source—the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away […]
Japan vaccine minister seeks to be next prime minister
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s outspoken vaccinations minister, Taro Kono, announced on Sept. 10 that he is running to become the head of the governing party, […]
China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters on Sept. 2 to promote “revolutionary culture,” broadening a campaign to tighten […]
Malaysian mothers win battle over ‘sexist’ citizenship law
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Several Malaysian mothers won a legal battle on Sept. 9 for the right to pass their nationality to their children born abroad, a landmark court […]
Malaysia’s new PM strikes conciliatory tone in 1st address
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob struck a conciliatory tone in his first national address on Aug. 22, saying he would embrace the opposition […]
China allows couples third child amid demographic crisis
BEIJING (AP) — China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that could threaten its hopes of increased […]
Malaysia’s king meets political leaders to select new PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s king summoned the heads of political parties on Aug. 17 as he swiftly began the task of selecting a new prime minister amid a […]
Sudoku maker Maki Kaji, who saw life’s joy in puzzles, dies
Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said on Aug. 17. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer.
Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on July 22 because of a Holocaust joke he made […]
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