New Zealand approves euthanasia, set to reject recreational marijuana
SYDNEY – New Zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia but is on course to reject recreational marijuana use, the country’s Electoral Commission said on...
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir says Muslims ‘have right to kill French’
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Muslims had a right “to kill millions of French people,” shortly after...
Former SK president ordered back to prison for bribery
SEOUL – The Supreme Court of South Korea on Thursday upheld a 17-year prison term for former President Lee Myung-bak and ordered him sent...
Trump, Biden to appeal to last-minute voters in Florida
TAMPA – President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the...
At least 13 killed, dozens missing after typhoon lashes Vietnam
HANOI – Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon...
Fil-Am politician Todd Gloria runs for mayor of San Diego
SAN DIEGO – California state assemblyman Todd Gloria is running for San Diego mayor, a win that would make him the city’s first mayor...
Japan gov’t OKs bill to offer free coronavirus vaccines
TOKYO – The Japanese government on Tuesday approved a bill to pay all the costs of administrating a vaccine against the novel coronavirus to...
Vietnam evacuating low-lying areas as strong typhoon nears
HANOI – Vietnam scrambled Tuesday to evacuate more than a million people in its central lowlands as a strong typhoon approached while some regions...
Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath
WASHINGTON – Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald...
‘Jurassic Park’ project no threat to Komodo dragon, says Indonesia
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s environment ministry on Tuesday sought to calm outrage over construction of an island tourism project being dubbed “Jurassic Park,” after an...