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In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Massachusetts. Photo: Elise Amendola / Associated Press

US Woman Temporarily Becomes Millionaire After Account Mix-Up

BOSTON — For a few minutes, a Boston woman says she was a millionaire. Ellen Fleming says she received a voicemail from a TD Ameritrade...

Japanese Students Use VR to Recreate Hiroshima Bombing

FUKUYAMA — It's a sunny summer morning in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Cicadas chirp in the trees. A lone plane flies high overhead....

Chinese Troops Join Hong Kong Cleanup as Protesters Retreat

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday — not to quell protests but to help clean up.

Preschools Prepare for Reopening Amid Virus Fears (Photos)

BANGKOK (AP) — For the past month, Darunee Khedkhow has arrived at Bangkok's Makkasan community preschool at 8 a.m. each weekday, just as she has done for most of her past 12 years as a teacher.

Japan to Pledge 100-Billion-Dollar Aid for Asia Infrastructure

TOKYO (DPA) — Japan is to invest billions into infrastructure around Asia over the next five years, apparently to counter the recently announced China-led investment bank, a news report said Tuesday.

Demolition of Ratchayothin Overpass Delayed to Wednesday

BANGKOK — A busy overpass remained open early Monday after the beginning of its demolition was postponed to Wednesday.

North Korean Airline Starts New Route to China

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's national airline has started a new flight service to Dandong in China, bringing the total of its regularly scheduled international destinations to five.

Tokyo Man’s Apartment Filled With Kitty Litter-Covered Corpses

TOKYO — Tokyo police have arrested a man after finding "multiple" dismembered bodies in coolers in his apartment in a city southwest of the...

10 Laotian Women Arrested for Illegal Karaoke Work in Khon Kaen

Pol. Lt. Col. Soraj Wichayasut, head of the Khon Kaen Immigration Department, reported the arrest of 10 Laotian women, seven of whom had entered...

Thai Woman Attacked by Chinese Husband Asking to Be Sent Home

While the parents of a Thai woman who fled her abusive husband and asked for help at the Thai Embassy in Beijing but has...

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