BEIJING (AP) — A smog-shrouded Chinese city canceled airline flights on Dec. 18 due to poor visibility and parents took children to hospitals on the second day of a pollution […]
Weekends at last: Taiwan workers to get 2 days off a week
By Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, […]
Reports: Tibetan Buddhist monk self-immolates in west China
By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire in western China in what appeared to be the latest such radical protest […]
Diggers find ancient tombs in Beijing suburb
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese capital’s future administrative hub was already bustling 2,000 years ago. Government agencies excavating a site in the far southeastern Beijing suburbs say they have found […]
Michael Jordan wins China court ruling after yearslong case
By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan now owns his Chinese name, after China’s highest court sided with him on Dec. 8 following a yearslong […]
2 runners die after collapsing in China half-marathon
BEIJING (AP) — Two runners died after collapsing during a half-marathon in southern China on Dec. 10, event organizers said. One runner suffered sudden heart failure 2.8 miles from the […]
Chinese firm starts building full-sized Titanic replica
BEIJING (AP) — Construction on the world’s first full-sized Titanic replica has started in China, a country with a well-documented fascination with the tale of the ill-fated ocean liner. The […]
Crown prince formally becomes Thailand’s new king
By Grant Peck Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has a new king, with the country’s crown prince formally taking the throne to succeed his much-revered late father, who reigned […]
5,000 fish in ice at Japan skating rink sparks uproar
By Kaori Hitomi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An amusement park in western Japan sparked an uproar after it displayed about 5,000 dead fish in the ice at a skating […]
Woman in Japan reclaims dad, US identity in 6-decade journey
By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press KASHIWA, Japan (AP) — At a public bath in a Yokohama slum in the 1950s, a red-haired girl scrubs her skin with a pumice stone, […]
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