TOKYO — Japan Airlines (JAL) announced on Dec. 27 that it will give away 50,000 domestic return tickets to international visitors in the summer of 2020. Participants must be a […]
China convicts researchers involved in gene-edited babies
By KEN MORITSUGU BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims that he had made the world’s first genetically edited babies was sentenced on […]
Thai serial killer, released from prison, arrested again
By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) —Thai police on Dec. 18 arrested a convicted serial killer who was accused of a fresh killing just seven months after his early […]
Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A monkey that confesses he steals women’s identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred on Dec. 17 as […]
Thailand returns orangutans to their Indonesian homeland
By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Wildlife authorities in Thailand sent two orangutans back to Indonesia on Dec. 20 as part of a collaborative effort to combat illicit […]
Taiwan probes visa scam allowing visits by Chinese officials
By RALPH JENNINGS Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan prosecutors say they have detained 10 people, including a former staff member of the China-friendly opposition party, and are investigating […]
Violence flares at Indian citizenship law protest in Delhi
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police fired tear-gas and struck demonstrators with batons on Dec. 15 in India’s capital city, where thousands, including students at the […]
Temple collapses in Cambodia, killing 3
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Buddhist temple under construction in Siem Reap, home of Cambodia’s famed Angkor temples, collapsed on Dec. 2, killing at least three people and injuring […]
50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s government said on Dec. 2 that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from […]
LGBT activists in China seek to change marriage civil code
It was only after her partner’s death that He Meili realized the full meaning of marriage. As a lesbian couple in China, He and Li Qin kept their ties largely unspoken, sometimes introducing themselves as cousins.
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