North Korea wants more control over agriculture amid food shortages
by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to strengthen state control over agriculture and make every available effort to boost grain production, state media …
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Japan Prime Minister: Same-sex marriage ban is not discrimination
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said the country’s same-sex marriage ban is not discriminatory, insisting that the constitutional freedom of marriage only provides for …
Police seek evidence in case of model murdered in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong police began searching a landfill on Tuesday for evidence related to the murder of model Abby Choi. The 28-year-old …
Workers dig through layers in search of 47 missing in Chinese mine
ALXA LEAGUE, China (AP) – Work crews trying to find 47 people missing after an open pit mine collapse in northern China had to change …
Avian flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, officials say
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died of bird flu in the first known human infection of H5N1 in the …
Philippine police hunt killer of New Zealand tourist
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – A Philippine police search was underway Wednesday for two motorcyclists who shot and killed a New Zealand man in a brazen …
Albanese says Australian nuclear submarines benefit US, UK
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a deal to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines will be the country’s biggest leap in …
Japan Prime Minister Apologizes to LGBTQ Activists for Former Aide’s Comment
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with representatives of LGBTQ groups on Friday and apologized for discriminatory comments made by his former …
Crackdown on child marriage in India leaves families in anguish
By PIYUSH NAGPAL February 17, 2023 GMT https://apnews.com/article/india-government-marriage-e7612724891fc79f4d93acb3299d891d MORIGAON, India (AP) – Outside the local police station in her village in northeast India, 19-year-old Nureja …
Paraguayan leader hails Taiwan as ‘beacon of democracy’
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing president of Paraguay, whose country is one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, spoke of his admiration for the …