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Thai retailers ban single-use plastic bags 02 Jan 2020 - 01:11 pm

Bangkok - Thai retailers kicked off 2020 with a ban on single-use plastic bags, joining the battle against throwaway carriers in the Southeast...

Turkey detains 7 in probe into Ghosn fleeing bail in Japan 02 Jan 2020 - 12:30 pm

Ankara - Turkish authorities have detained seven people as part of an investigation into how former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail...

Ghosn 'had second French passport' says source 02 Jan 2020 - 11:32 am

Tokyo: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon to avoid a Japanese trial, had a second French passport, a source said...

Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires raze holiday towns 02 Jan 2020 - 11:19 am

BATEMANS BAY/MELBOURNE: Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia's east coast on Wednesday ahead of advancing bushfires, as military...

Canadian military assigned Pokemon Go after fans invade bases 02 Jan 2020 - 10:43 am

Montreal: At least three military police officers were ordered to play Pokemon Go in Canadian bases across the country after players invaded the...

Helicopter crashes carrying Taiwan's top military officer 02 Jan 2020 - 10:04 am

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A Blackhawk helicopter carrying Taiwan's top military official crashed Thursday morning in mountains outside the capital and his fate was unclear...

Earthquake hits Northeastern Iran 02 Jan 2020 - 09:55 am

Tehran - An earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Torbat Heydariyeh in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi on...

Taiwan's top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency landing 02 Jan 2020 - 09:33 am

TAIPEI - Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous...

Flood death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian capital 02 Jan 2020 - 08:51 am

Jakarta - The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesia's capital Jakarta reached at least 21 on Thursday, with...

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14 02 Jan 2020 - 08:40 am

New Delhi - A factory manufacturing batteries caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday, injuring 13 fire officials and one security...

Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy rally ends in police clashes 01 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm

Hong Kong: A huge New Year's Day pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong ended in mass arrests and clashes between police and hardcore protesters,...

Australia sending aid to wildfire towns as death toll rises 01 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm

PERTH: Australia deployed military ships and aircraft Wednesday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people dead...

Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad 01 Jan 2020 - 08:39 pm

Baghdad: Pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a...

Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against...

Dozens of monkeys die in German zoo fire 01 Jan 2020 - 08:33 pm

Berlin: Flames from flying New Year's Eve lanterns might have sparked a blaze that killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in northwestern...

Mexico president says El Chapo had same power as president 01 Jan 2020 - 08:33 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín...