Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dream of uniting the self-declared separatist republics in eastern Ukraine under the banner of Novorossiya, or New Russia, was put on hold indefinitely last week as Moscow moved to abide by the terms of February’s cease-fire deal.
The National Climate Prediction Center has raised the probability of an El Niño in the Northern Hemisphere lasting through this summer to 90 percent, and added that there is a a greater than 80 percent probability it will last through all of 2015.
China is looking to rebuild the fabled “Silk Road” trade route through Asia and Europe, which is remembered – somewhat apocryphally – as one of the great commercial achievements of the previous millennium. (The last two millennia, in fact, give or take a century.)
Bengali actress Disha Ganguly, known for her role in the popular sitcom Tumi Ashbey Bole, committed suicide on April 9. Her boyfriend found her body hanging in her house. Officials believe she committed suicide due to social pressures regarding her lesbian relationship with another actress. Her death showcases the harsh treatment of LGBT people in Asia.
AONE, Japan — In the historic wooden schoolhouse here, decked out in the kind of bright artwork done by kids the world over, there are two classrooms, each containing three desks that sit marooned in the middle of a space made for many more. At break time, a boy kicks a soccer ball around the yard by himself.
The Chinese government has banned mainland residents on the Hong Kong border to travel freely into the autonomous region, limiting their visits to one per week following protests against smugglers triggering a spike in retail prices for Hong Kong residents.
(Reuters) – Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha lashed out at journalists on Wednesday, saying he would “probably just execute” those who did “not report the truth,” in the latest outburst aimed at Thailand’s media.
The government of Thailand has issued a warning that the Ministry of Culture would begin prosecuting women who post “underboob selfies” on the Internet: photos exposing the bottom half of their breasts. The photos, usually taken so that the woman cannot be identified, have become a growing trend internationally.
In an attempt to prove that “the military is not above the law,” the Chinese government announced this week that 14 generals had been either investigated or already convicted of an array of corruption crimes, from selling positions within the military to arms trading.
Anxiety levels were rumored to be sky high in New Delhi this week as Indian officials tried assuring the public that the peepal tree President Barack Obama planted there three weeks ago is not dead. They insist that it is simply resting.
The Chinese government is preparing a gargantuan $1.1 trillion investment in national infrastructure intended to function as an under-the-radar stimulus for the slowing economy, according to sources speaking off the record to Bloomberg News.
Fox News contributor and foreign affairs analyst Lisa Daftari delivered a stern message of condemnation for nations that implement Sharia Law during a speech at the Iranian Women’s Organization’s (IWO) annual gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel last week. Daftari also reprimanded
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