Indonesia battles fake news as elections loom
by Harry Pearl © Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia is battling a wave of fake news and online…
7 years ago
Asia
China hopes Tillerson firing won’t affect N. Korea talks
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China voiced hope on Wednesday Donald Trump's sudden firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will…
7 years ago
Japan’s Abe weighing talks with North Korea’s Kim: reports
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is considering a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong…
7 years ago
S. Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak questioned on graft
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak reported to prosecutors for questioning in a corruption probe…
7 years ago
China ‘winning’ war on smog, helping life expectancy: study
by Becky Davis Agence France-Presse China appears to be "winning" its war on air pollution, making so much progress that…
7 years ago
China’s Xi calls for military loyalty to new constitution
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A day after he won the mandate to rule for life, President Xi Jinping called on…
7 years ago
US still ‘not heard directly back’ from N.Korea: Tillerson
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- The United States has still "not heard anything directly back" from Pyongyang over plans for a…
7 years ago
49 dead in Nepal’s worst plane crash in decades
by Paavan MATHEMA Agence France Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and…
7 years ago
Japan ministry admits altering documents in scandal dogging Abe
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's finance ministry admitted to doctoring key documents related to a favoritism scandal dogging Shinzo Abe,…
7 years ago
Five key dates for post-Soviet Russia
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Here are five major dates in Russia since the disintegration of the USSR or the Union…
7 years ago
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