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January 17, 2020
Pakistan court jails dozens of Islamists over Asia Bibi protests
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court has sentenced more than 80 hard-liners to 55 years in prison each after protests linked to the 2018 acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, one of their senior leaders said.The sentence — an unusually harsh one in Pakistan, where blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue — was announced by a lower court in the garrison town of Rawalpindi on Thursday, said ...
January 17, 2020
Hanging of Delhi rapists pushed back to Feb 1
NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Friday ordered that four men convicted of the infamous 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus would now be hanged on Feb. 1.The court had earlier said they would be executed on Jan. 22, a ruling that prompted the convicts to seek last possible legal remedies.Six people were originally charged with taking part in the brutal attack ...
January 17, 2020
Dozens injured at India bull-taming festival
MADURAI, India — Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-taming festival in southern India that activists say is dangerous for both humans and animals.The sport is extremely popular in rural pockets of Tamil Nadu where every year hundreds of young men try to hold the hump of the beasts and run, as spectators cheer raucously at events held across the state.On the opening ...
January 17, 2020
China birth rate hits lowest level since 1949
BEIJING — China's birth rate dropped last year to its lowest level since the Communist country was founded in 1949, adding to concerns that an aging society and shrinking workforce will pile pressure on a slowing economy.To avoid a demographic crisis, the government relaxed its one-child policy in 2016 to allow people to have two children, but the change has not resulted in an increase in pregnancies.In 2019, the birth ...
January 17, 2020
Japan court halts nuclear reactor restart citing volcano, quake risks
TOKYO — A Japanese nuclear reactor near a fault line must remain shut because of the risk of its being struck by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, a high court ordered on Friday.All nuclear power stations were shut down after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident following a catastrophic tsunami, and many remain closed.The Japanese public has turned against atomic power, despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe insisting the nation needs nuclear plants ...
January 17, 2020
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI — A US warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, mainland and Taipei officials said on Friday, the first such passage since the island resoundingly re-elected its independence-leaning president.The warship was on a "routine mission" on Thursday, Taiwan's defense ministry said, as it traversed the stretch of water that divides the self-ruling island from the authoritarian Chinese mainland.The waterway bristles with hardware on both sides and China views any ...
January 17, 2020
Sri Lanka ex-minister held over phone recording scandal
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a former minister who allegedly recorded 100,000 phone calls, the sometimes lewd and compromising contents of which were leaked on social media.In what has become a major scandal, Ranjan Ramanayake is heard discussing court cases with judges, police, politicians and local celebrities in some of the recordings.Police, who seized hard drives from Ramanayake's home, said they were investigating whether the recordings had been ...
January 17, 2020
Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China: Official
BEIJING — A second person has died in China from a mysterious SARS-linked virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two other Asian countries, officials said.Local authorities said a 69-year-old man died on Wednesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city believed to be the epicenter of an outbreak of a coronavirus from the same family as the deadly SARS pathogen.The outbreak has caused alarm because of the link with ...
January 17, 2020
China's Xi arrives in Myanmar on billion-dollar charm offensive
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar —Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Myanmar's capital Friday on a state visit aimed at buttressing the embattled government of Aung San Suu Kyi and driving through multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals.The wide highways and manicured lawns of Naypyidaw, purpose-built by generals under Myanmar's junta, were dotted with red banners bearing Xi's face and greetings in Burmese and Mandarin.Xi will sign a series of mammoth infrastructure deals as part ...
January 17, 2020
Rain hits Australian fires, but blazes still rage
SYDNEY — Heavy rain fell on bushfires in eastern Australia Friday for a second straight day, offering further relief from a months-long crisis, but dozens of blazes remained out of control.This week's wet weather has given exhausted firefighters a major boost in battling unprecedented blazes that have been fueled by climate change and drought.The fires have claimed 28 lives, scorched massive tracts of pristine forests and destroyed thousands of homes.Following ...
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