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Health International 

UN: Nearly a Half-Billion in Asia-Pacific Still Going Hungry

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, nutrition, poverty, Sci1, United Nations

Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released Wednesday by UN agencies.

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Business Consumers Environment International 

Green Palm Oil Push: Kit Kat, Dove Makers Could Face Fines

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asia, conservationists, Env1, food, forests, plants, Sanctions

Companies that make top brands including Kit Kat chocolate and Dove soap may face fines if they fail to buy more green palm oil under new rules aimed at improving the controversial industry’s environmental sustainability.

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Environment International 

Melting Ice Patches in Mongolia Threaten Reindeer, Archaeological Treasures

November 20, 2019November 21, 2019 CARSON McCULLOUGH
Asia, Climate change, Research

Ice in northern Mongolia that has never melted in living memory has begun to thaw over the last several years and local reindeer populations – and the people who herd them – are feeling the consequences.

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Entertainment International 

Thai Cuisine Restaurants Get Two Michelin Stars for First Time at Home

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asia, food, Restaurants, Thailand

Two restaurants in Bangkok have each earned a pair of coveted Michelin stars, the first time the leading guide has awarded the accolade to local establishments offering Thai cuisine.

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Criminal Environment International 

EU Police Seize Nearly 6 Tons of Endangered Eels Headed for Asia

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asia, endangered, EU, wildlife

Police across Europe have seized nearly 6 tons of live baby eels destined for Asia in a huge operation targeting smugglers of the critically endangered creatures, the EU’s police agency said Wednesday.

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Economy International 

Asia Stocks Mixed on US-China Trade Snag

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap6, Asia, China, Trade, Trump administration

Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after investors were rattled by a snag in a U.S.-Chinese trade truce following reports Beijing wants Washington to lift punitive tariffs.

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Economy International 

US & China Trade Jabs at Southeast Asian Summit

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, China, Federal Trade Commission, oceans, Trump administration

The rivalry between the United States and China over influence in the Asia-Pacific region was on show Monday as they traded barbs over freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.

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Economy International Politics 

ASEAN Leaders Give Cold Shoulder to Trump’s Proxies

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, Donald Trump, Thailand

Seven Southeast Asian leaders skipped an important meeting with the United States on Monday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend their regional summit in Thailand.

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Economy Government International Politics 

Trump Snubs ASEAN Summit, Will Send Wilbur Ross

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, Commerce Department, Diplomacy, national security, Thailand, Trump administration

National security adviser Robert C. O’Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will represent President Trump at two regional summits in Thailand this weekend, the White House said, a move widely viewed in the region as a snub.

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Consumers Health International Science 

High on Ease, Low on Nutrition: Instant-Noodle Diet Harms Asian Kids

October 15, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asia, children, diet, nutrition, United Airlines, United Nations

A diet heavy on cheap, modern food like instant noodles that fills bellies but lacks key nutrients has left millions of children unhealthily thin or overweight in southeast Asia, experts say.

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Health International 

Report Reveals Widespread Abuse of Women During Childbirth

October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Asia, Medicine, pregnancy, Sci2

A new report says more than one-third of women in four low-income countries in Africa and Asia were slapped, mocked, forcibly treated or otherwise abused during childbirth in health centers and suggests that such mistreatment occurs worldwide.

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Civil Rights Education 

Asian-American Students Lose Harvard Bias Case

October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Asia, discrimination, higher education, race

Harvard’s admissions process does not discriminate against Asian-American students, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, shutting the door on a long-running suit rooted in backlash over affirmative action.

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Appeals Criminal International 

Court: No Statute of Limitations in Dutch Colonial Crimes

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, history, Netherlands, torture, war crimes

In a groundbreaking decision, an appeals court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday that the statute of limitations does not apply to allegations of colonial era crimes committed by Dutch forces in what is now Indonesia.

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Environment International 

Borneo Pygmy Elephant Found Dead in Malaysia

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
AP3, Asia, Elephants, endangered species, Malaysia

A pygmy elephant has been found dead in a river on the Malaysian part of Borneo island, an official said Friday, the latest of the endangered creatures to perish.

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International Politics 

Duterte Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing on South China Sea Disputes

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap6, Asia, China, Diplomacy, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was in Beijing on Thursday for a meeting with counterpart Xi Jinping in which the Southeast Asian leader is expected to discuss a ruling on the disputed South China Sea.

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National Politics 

Trump’s Fake Accent Angers Asian Americans

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP4, Asia, Donald Trump, immigration, political-correctness

When Amanda Berg heard reports that President Donald Trump mocked the accents of the leaders of South Korea and Japan at a recent fundraiser, it brought back painful memories from her childhood.

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Health International Science 

Virus Ravages China’s Pigs, Threatening World Pork Supply

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP2, Asia, China, diseases, food, pigs, vaccines

Scientists are working overtime to develop a vaccine to help guard the world’s pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia’s pig herds, which provide more than half of the world’s pork.

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Economy Financial International 

World Stocks Sink as Trade War Worsens

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP2, Asia, China, currency, Stocks, Trade, Trump administration

Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower on Tuesday after China let its currency sink and halted purchases of U.S. farm goods, fueling fears Beijing’s trade war with President Donald Trump will harm the global economy.

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International Politics 

Pompeo Says US Is Not Asking Asia to Take Sides

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, China, Diplomacy, State Department

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that Washington isn’t asking any Asian nation to take sides as it engages with the region where China is battling for influence and aggressively expanding territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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Economy International 

Top Diplomats Gather in Bangkok for Key Asia-Pacific Talks

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Asia, China, Diplomacy, Japan

Top diplomats from the Asia-Pacific region started gathering Tuesday in the Thai capital to discuss issues of concern to the area, including security on the Korean peninsula and China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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