At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag –- a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as a baby. Wilson, an American college student, was born in China but given away by parents presumed fearful of violating the country’s one-child policy, […]
By David Dolan and Heekyong Yang TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -While the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 race dwelled little on foreign policy, a shaky performance by Joe Biden will have America’s allies steeling for the return of Donald Trump, analysts say. Biden’s supporters had hoped the debate would erase worries that he was too […]
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International efforts to isolate Myanmar’s ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is still able to access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, a U.N. expert said in a report published on Wednesday. Myanmar has […]
Imposter pages of the Philippine government’s professional licensing agency have been offering purported teaching jobs in Thailand which they claimed paid monthly salaries above 100,000 pesos (1,700 dollars). These job offers bore the hallmarks of a scam. “Calling All College Graduates. Thailand Is Hiring For Teachers,” read part of a post shared on Facebook on […]
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country’s largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting $4.5 billion had been moved. Police said late on Wednesday an investigation into those transfers and money laundering has been completed, […]
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for those who cannot. The 1989 […]
Tencent Holdings‘ WeChat Pay can now be used by mainland Chinese tourists in the Maldives, as the expanded coverage of the firm’s popular digital wallet rides on the recovery of China’s outbound travel. The Chinese tech giant on Monday signed a three-year deal with the tourism authorities of the Republic of Maldives to jointly promote […]
A price war among Chinese electric vehicle (EV) assemblers is spreading to overseas markets as more than a dozen players look abroad to bolster sales and chase higher profits to offset losses at home. In Southeast Asia, where battery-powered cars are becoming more and more popular, Chinese EV builders from established giants like BYD and […]
While a freshman at Gettysburg College in 2013, Shannon Keeler says she was raped by Ian Cleary, who she says followed her home AP Photo, U.S. Marshals via AP Shannon Keeler, Ian Cleary Shannon Keeler was floored when she read a Facebook message from a man she had accused of sexually assaulting her in 2013 […]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Originally from Madison, Kansas, Army Sergeant Bob Harlan would serve overseas in the middle of the growing Vietnam conflict. Graduating from Kansas State University in the late 1960’s, Harlan knew the draft was calling his name. “To avoid going into the infantry, they give you the option of changing your draft to […]
China has warned that foreign spy agencies are targeting its citizens working overseas in a string of “quite deceptive” campaigns to steal hi-tech industrial secrets. Overseas workers may be vulnerable to foreign espionage, especially when separated from friends and family and sent to a different country, the country’s government has warned. The Chinese Ministry of […]
Stigma surrounding the death of Aberdeen church elder John Strachan was so severe that it forced his widow to emigrate. Having contracted HIV from one of his regular blood transfusions, the 44-year-old engineer died in October 1987. Almost four decades on – and ahead of the UK infected blood inquiry findings being published – his […]