Celebrity Mountain Lion May Have Killed LA Zoo Koala
LOS ANGELES — A well-known mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park may have made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.
Human Rights 'Deteriorating' in China, Western Countries Complain
GENEVA — The United States and 11 other Western countries are criticizing China's "deteriorating human rights record," saying its "extraterritorial actions are unacceptable."
Japan Marking 5th Anniversary of Devastating Tsunami
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan — Japan on Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the 2011 tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people and left a devastated coastline along the country's northeast that has still not been fully rebuilt.
‘This is First Time That an Ethnic Chin Can Serve as Vice-President’
By Swe Win and Ei Cherry Aung
Myanmar Now
NAYPYITAW — In a historic parliament session on March 10, the National League for Democracy (NLD) nominated Htin Kyaw, a longtime Aung San Suu Kyi aide, and Henry Van Thio, a NLD Upper House lawmaker, for the presidency.
Myanmar Now
NAYPYITAW — In a historic parliament session on March 10, the National League for Democracy (NLD) nominated Htin Kyaw, a longtime Aung San Suu Kyi aide, and Henry Van Thio, a NLD Upper House lawmaker, for the presidency.
Aung San Suu Kyi Will Not Become Myanmar's Next President
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Nominations by the National League for Democracy party make clear that Aung San Suu Kyi will not become the next president of Myanmar.
Myanmar Children Affected by HIV/AIDS Struggle to Get Education
By Ei Cherry Aung
Myanmar Now
YANGON — When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease. The young girl fell into the care of her grandmother.
Myanmar Now
YANGON — When her father died of AIDS in 2003, Pyae Phu Khaing* was just three years old, and only two years later her mother died of the same disease. The young girl fell into the care of her grandmother.
Dengue Failures a Bad Sign for Zika Fight
GENEVA — The World Health Organization says that traditional insecticide spraying has had no significant impact in slowing dengue, raising major questions about how officials might stop the spread of the Zika virus, also spread by mosquitoes.
George Martin, Beatles Producer, 90
LONDON — George Martin, the Beatles' urbane producer who guided, assisted and stood aside through the band's swift, historic transformation from rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries, has died, his management said Wednesday. He was 90.
Kim Jong Un Poses Beside Possible Nuclear Warhead Mock Up
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has caused a new stir with photos on the front page of its ruling party newspaper Wednesday that show the country's leader Kim Jong Un standing beside a purported mock-up of a miniaturized nuclear warhead during a meeting with his top nuclear scientists.
Oldest Guantanamo Detainee Gets First Parole Hearing
MIAMI — The oldest inmate at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, made his case Tuesday for freedom after more than a dozen years in custody.
