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Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, center, a prominent Vietnamese blogger, stands trial in 2017 in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Photo: Tien Minh / Associated Press

Exile Won’t Stop Vietnamese Blogger From Highlighting Abuses

HOUSTON — Forced into exile in the U.S., Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh is without her homeland but not without hope. Quynh and her...

Patents Reveal Foreign Pharma’s Secret Bid to Seize Thai Cannabis Market

BANGKOK — The fight over who will profit from medical cannabis – not the patients but the patents – is underway with lawmakers slamming bureaucrats for putting corporate interests over public benefit.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet lands Tuesday on the deck of the U.S. Navy USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea. Photo: Kin Cheung / Associated Press

US Carrier in Hong Kong After Bombers Fly Over S. China Sea

HONG KONG — A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the...
An Indonesian police car in 2016. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Baby Dies in Bali After US Woman Allegedly Threw It From Car

DENPASAR, Indonesia — An American woman allegedly threw her 2-month-old daughter from a moving car on the tourist island of Bali and then tried...

King to Rehearse Big Ride Friday at BKK Airport

BANGKOK — His Majesty the King will bike around a track at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday ahead of a mass cycling event he will lead next month, according to the government.
A rendering shows a proposed pedestrian lane and bridge along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.

River Activists Sue Over ‘Chao Phraya Promenade 2.0’

BANGKOK — Opponents of a plan to build boardwalks along the Chao Phraya River filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking an injunction against further action and demanding its impact be fully evaluated.
Chakkaphong Leelaporn was back at work Tuesday at the Dr. Chakkrapong Clinic in Nakhon Sawan province.

OB/GYN May Have Sexually Abused Dozens: Lawyer

NAKHON SAWAN — Upward of 50 women have accused a gynecologist of sexually abusing them in the central province of Nakhon Sawan, an attorney...
Rhinos walk in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi game reserve in 2015 in South Africa. Photo: Schalk van Zuydam / Associated Press

European Zoos to Send Critically Endangered Rhinos to Rwanda

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic — Wildlife parks in three European countries on Tuesday announced they are joining forces to send critically endangered eastern black...
A Boeing 737-MAX 8 is parked Nov. 14 outside Boeing Co.'s 737 assembly facility in Renton, Washington. Photo: Ted S. Warren / Associated Press

Boeing Delays Call to Discuss Issues With Its Newest Plane

Boeing Co. scrapped a conference call that it scheduled for Tuesday with airlines to discuss issues swirling around its newest plane, which has come...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, at left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in 2016 after a signing ceremony in Beijing. Photo: Ng Han Guan / Associated Press

Xi: Talks on Pact to Avoid Sea Clashes Could End in 3 Years

MANILA — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday negotiations between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations on a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes in the...

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