By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have arrested a 73-year-old man who reportedly kept his disabled son locked in a small wooden cage for more than […]
Singapore court imposes hefty fines for Airbnb rentals
SINGAPORE (AP) — A court in Singapore on April 2 fined two men $45,800 each for breaching laws banning short-term rentals by renting out condominium units through online services such […]
Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. […]
China’s Weibo site backtracks on gay censorship after outcry
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s top social networking sites announced on April 16 that it will no longer be censoring content related to gay […]
Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn “manga’’ look in the face of digital […]
43 Cambodians convicted of felonies deported
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Forty-three Cambodians arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, on April 5, after being deported from the United States under a […]
Taiwan suspect in school attack plot had ‘unusual ideas’
By RALPH JENNINGS and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People who knew the 18-year-old Taiwanese exchange student charged in the U.S. with threatening to shoot up his […]
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING (AP) — China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific on April […]
Nobel Prize winner Malala visits her Pakistan hometown
By SHERIN ZADA and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai returned to her hometown on March 31, for the first time […]
Chinese insurer founder tried for alleged fundraising crimes
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The founder of the Chinese insurer that owns New York City’s Waldorf Hotel went on trial on March 30, on charges […]
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