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Japan’s Bid to End Whaling Ban is Top Issue at Conference

Japan will once again try to get the international ban on whale hunting overturned at the global conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which opened in Brazil on Monday. The proposal...

Singapore Court Orders Return of 1MDB Money to Malaysia

A court in Singapore has ordered $11 million in seized funds be returned to Malaysia as part of efforts to recover misappropriated money from Malaysia's 1MDB state investment fund. Law firm Tan...

China Prepared to Resist if US Adds Support for Taiwan’s Foreign Relations

TAIPEI — China is expected to use its economic strength to counter any U.S. actions aimed at helping Chinese political rival Taiwan regain a world diplomatic foothold after losing much of it...

US warns North Korea: No concessions without denuclearization

A top State Department official insisted Friday that North Korea would have to blink first if it wanted to make a deal on denuclearization with the United States. Negotiators from the U.S....

Magnitude 6.7 quake, aftershocks rock Japan’s Hokkaido

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 and a number of aftershocks rocked Japan's Hokkaido prefecture, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, with one person found with no vital signs. The...

Houses buried by mudslides after magnitude 6.7 quake rocks Hokkaido

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 and a number of aftershocks rocked Japan's Hokkaido prefecture early Thursday, leaving multiple houses buried by landslides. Rescue work is underway to search...

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