YOKOHAMA (AFP) -- Thousands were marooned on a cruise ship off the Japanese coast Wednesday, after medics evacuated 10 people infected with the deadly coronavirus,
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US-China relations to have tense future
BEIJING — With or without a trade deal, US-China relations are destined to deteriorate as they enter an era of increasingly nationalistic rivalry in the
Factory cancer cases compels Samsung Electronics to apologize
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics apologized Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at some of its factories, finally ending a decade-long dispute at the
End of road?
TIJUANA, Mexico -- The Central American migrant caravan faced a desperate situation Friday as its numbers swelled at the US-Mexican border, where it got a
Florida shooter kills two, wounds several in US yoga studio
MIAMI -- A gunman killed two people and wounded several others at a yoga studio in Florida’s state capital Tallahassee Friday before apparently taking his
Journalism award
HONG KONG — Agence France-Presse has launched the 2018 Kate Webb Prize for locally employed Asian journalists doing exceptional work in difficult or dangerous conditions
Powerful Hurricane Florence closes in on US east coast
WILMINGTON, United States -- Hurricane Florence was on course Wednesday to deliver a powerful blow to the east coast of the United States, with forecasters