SARS-related coronaviruses infect around 66,000 people a year in SE Asia – study
SHANGHAI — About 66,000 people in Southeast Asia are infected each year with SARS-related coronaviruses, and nearly 500 million people live near habitats where bat hosts of those viruses are found, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Japan’s Kishida shakes up his cabinet amid Unification Church furor
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, removing some ministers with links to the Unification Church in a bid to stem plunging support amid growing public outrage over the ruling party’s ties to the controversial group.
Taiwan security officials want Foxconn to drop stake in Chinese chipmaker – FT
Taiwan's national security officials want to persuade Apple Inc's supplier Foxconn to unwind an $800 million investment in Chinese chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup, the Financial...
Ukraine suggests partisans behind blasts at Russian airbase in Crimea
A senior Ukrainian official suggested a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea could have been the work of partisan saboteurs,...
Democrats, Republicans sponsor bill to give thousands of Afghans path to citizenship
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both houses of U.S. Congress to establish a path to American citizenship for...
Former Twitter employee is convicted in Saudi spy case
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - A former Twitter Inc. manager accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was convicted on Tuesday on six criminal counts, including...
Colombia has detected $20 bln likely tied to money laundering -official
BOGOTA - Colombia's financial crimes unit, intensifying efforts to catch fraud, has detected some $20 billion in financial operations potentially tied to money laundering...
China drills part of game plan for invasion — Taiwan Foreign chief
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit as a game-plan to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island.
Trump says FBI agents raided Mar-a-Lago home
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Mr. Trump’s removal of official presidential records from the White House to his Florida resort.
Summertime blues? UK shoppers splash out as heat-wave hits
LONDON — A heat-wave prompted British shoppers to spend more on summer clothes, food for picnics and air conditioning units in July but they also cut back on foreign travel and dining out as the cost-of-living squeeze tightened, surveys showed on Tuesday.
Ocean warmth, seaweed scarcity threaten Fiji’s fisherwomen’s livelihoods
SUVA, Fiji — Karen Vusisa has been struggling to find a decent catch of a favorite Fijian edible seaweed, amid concerns that ocean temperatures have hit harvests and are threatening livelihoods of fisherwomen like her.
More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after zero-COVID ordeal
HONG KONG - Seeing Chinese authorities exercise extraordinary powers during a stringent COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai earlier this year altered Claire Jiang's life plans: she no longer wants to have babies in China.
During...