A 69-year-old monk has created a refuge for snakes ranging from pythons to vipers and cobras at the Seikta Thukha TetOo monastery in the bustling commercial city of Yangon. ( read original story ...)
Japan urges Suu Kyi to hold by-elections in Myanmar ethnic state
Japan's special envoy for Myanmar affairs Yohei Sasakawa is calling on State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's government to hold early by-elections in an ethnic minority area that did not participate in ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. sanctions Iran-linked group over chemical weapons
The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned an Iranian chemical engineering and research group along with its director over accusations of participating in Tehran's chemical weapons program. ( read original story ...)
Turkey sanctions over S-400 made mandatory in defense bill
WASHINGTON ― The final version of the must-pass annual defense policy bill unveiled Thursday mandates the president sanction Turkey for its acquisition of the S-400 air missile defense system. Though ... ( read original story ...)
Uighur exiles in Turkey blackmailed into spying for the Chinese
Uighurs living in Istanbul have described how the Chinese Communist Party is pressuring them to spy on their compatriots by using their families back in China as pawns.Whatsapp messages from handlers ... ( read original story ...)
Hontiveros wants gov’t action on retrenchment of 500 Dole Philippines workers
The Labor Department should look into the mass retrenchment of nearly 500 regular workers of canned pineapple producer and exporter Dole Philippines Inc. (Dolefil) earlier this year, Senator Risa ... ( read original story ...)
Zero interest rates: what UK investors can learn from Japan
For the properly adventurous there is a fund that invests in Turkish bonds, which offers a tempting interest rate and a five-year return history of minus 54 per cent. What is almost completely absent ... ( read original story ...)
After six years and 6bn km, Japan’s Hayabusa2 prepares to bring home cargo of asteroid dust
Japanese craft collected dust from the asteroid Ryugu that scientists hope could shed light on the origins of life ... ( read original story ...)
The important lesson we should have learned from the Canadians who suffered as PoWs in Japan
The same populist tricks that sparked previous wars are popping up again all over the world today, says historian ... ( read original story ...)
Special Delivery: Japan Space Probe To Bring Asteroid Dust To Earth
Call it a special delivery: after six years in space, Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe is heading home, but only to drop off its rare asteroid samples before starting a new mission. The fridge-sized probe, ... ( read original story ...)