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From AKB48 to KLP48: A guide to Japanese idols and the ‘trainee system’ (VIDEO)
Malay Mail via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAKB48 has sister groups created in Japan and overseas in Jakarta (JKT48), Bangkok (BNK48), the ...
Inside the dark world of Philippine scam centres
AFP News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt started with a raid on a Chinese-run online gambling centre north of Manila where hundreds of foreigners and Filipinos were forced to run scams or...
Ship sinks off Taiwan, 9 sailors missing as typhoon heads towards China
AFP News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTyphoon Gaemi swept towards southern China on Thursday after killing at least two people in Taiwan,...
How Venezuela’s election could upend the geopolitics of the Americas
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThere’s widespread agreement that Maduro’s government is facing its toughest electoral moment in the...
Taiwan braces for Typhoon Gaemi to make landfall
AFP News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTaiwan closed schools, suspended the stock market, and declared a typhoon holiday Wednesday as Gaemi barrelled towards the island, bringing torrential...
US military, seeking strategic advantages, builds up Australia's northern bases amid China tensions
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCloser to the Philippines than Australia's east coast capital, Canberra, Darwin has long been a garrison town for the Australian Defence Force and a U.S. Marine Rotational ...
Blinken heads off on Asia tour
AFP News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday headed to Asia for a trip focused on reinforcing ties with Washington's strategic allies in a region...
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China
AFP News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAuthorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on...
Indonesia FM slams Myanmar junta shunning of peace plan
AFP News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIndonesia's foreign minister on Thursday slammed the Myanmar junta's unwillingness to engage with a...
Posts misrepresent study on coral, warmer oceans
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDespite concern over the impact of higher temperatures on marine life, social media posts argue coral is heat-tolerant and will naturally adapt to...