Cargo ship sinks off Japan, leaving 2 dead, 9 missing

MANILA — Two Philippine military pilots were killed when their plane crashed during a training flight on Wednesday (Jan 25), the...

Japan whaling firm pins hopes on vending machines to revive sales

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YOKOHAMA – A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday...

Australia limits alcohol sales in Alice Springs amid crime wave

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SYDNEY — Australia will limit the sale of alcohol and consider wider bans to control spiralling alcohol-fuelled violence in a central...

Thai villagers take refiner Star Petroleum to court over oil spill

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BANGKOK — Hundreds of Thai villagers and small business-owners have filed lawsuits for damages worth five billion baht against Star...

Harsh weather disrupts Lunar New Year flights in South Korea’s Jeju

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SEOUL — Nearly 500 flights to and from the South Korean tourist island of Jeju have been cancelled because of harsh...

North Korea locks down capital city Pyongyang over ‘respiratory illness’

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SEOUL - Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an...

Immigrant California farm worker charged with 7 murders in Half Moon Bay shooting

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REDWOOD CITY — An immigrant farm worker accused of shooting seven people to death near San Francisco, some of them...

Covid-19 curbs over, China’s tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years

January 23, 2023

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PHUKET, Thailand - Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to...

Several people shot in Los Angeles area, police on site: Report

January 23, 2023