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Sicilian fishermen risk prison to rescue migrants: ‘No human would turn away’
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Captain Carlo Giarratano didn’t think twice when, late last month, during a night-time fishing expedition off the coast of Libya, he heard desperate cries of help...
Venice asks other ports to help find solution to cruise ship problems
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Venice’s port authority has called on Europe’s most popular cruise ship destinations to close ranks in tackling the dangers posed by massive vessels. The...
‘People are getting scared’: riot police clash with protesters in Hong Kong
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed with riot police on Saturday as the city entered its third consecutive day of mass protests. Police fired teargas and pepper spray,...
Will Jacinda come? Māori pin their hopes on PM in fight for sacred site
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
A winter storm has swept through south Auckland and the protest camp at Ihumātao is shin deep in mud. Protesters ditch their shoes to move across the squelchy...
Hong Kong protesters risk arrest as Beijing steps up warnings
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Hong Kong on Saturday, facing the threat of...
China suspends cooperation with France on police affairs, says report
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
China has cut off all cooperation with France on police affairs, after Paris gave asylum to the Chinese wife of a former Interpol chief now in jail on corruption...
Activists scramble to prevent Uighur man’s deportation to China
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Human rights activists are scrambling to prevent the imminent deportation of a Uighur man to China, where they say he faces torture. Ablikim Yusuf, 53, who has been...
Thousands of tourists flee Kashmir after security alert
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
Tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and workers have begun leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert and India said it had...
United States wants to deploy missiles in Asia, says defence secretary
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that he was in favour of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the...
China mulls upgrading protection level of pangolin
augustus 04, 2019by WN.com - Asia News
CHANGSHA - China is considering upgrading the protection of pangolin to the highest level due to its grim living conditions in the wild. The pangolin population showed a...
