Alibaba fined $2.75bn for violating China’s anti-monopoly law
Photo: VOA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has been fined 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) by China after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant abused...
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Armed clashes erupt in Myanmar as US widens sanctions
At least eleven demonstrators have been killed in clashes with security forces in a town in northwest Myanmar. The deaths occurred on Thursday after truckloads...
Cyclone Seroja: Indonesian rescuers search for survivors
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for dozens of people missing in remote islands of the country’s southeast, following a tropical cyclone that has killed at...
Cyclone Seroja kills 97, displaces thousands in Indonesia
A man in helmet carrying his goods through the water in an area affected by floods after heavy rains in Dili, East Timor. Photo: Reuters...
LG becomes first smartphone brand to withdraw from market
Photo: Reuters South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc will wind down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer, a move that is set...
Pope in solidarity with Myanmar Youth in Easter message
Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi Blessing after celebrating Easter Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. Photo: AFP Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar...
Taiwan train crash: Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for suspect
Prosecutors in Taiwan have sought an arrest warrant for a construction site manager whose truck allegedly caused a train accident in which about fifty people...
UN envoy warns of ‘imminent bloodbath’ in Myanmar
The United Nations (UN) special envoy on Myanmar has warned that “a bloodbath is imminent” in the restive southeast Asian nation because of the increasing...
300 Still missing in Rohingya camp fire – UN
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said some 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar were still unaccounted for last week, following a...
Suicide bombers injures 19 in Indonesia church
Forensic policemen carrying a body bag in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the aftermath of an explosion, in Makassar, South Sulawesi,...