UN finds organized crime expanding in Southeast Asia
Jul 18, 2019
A U.N. report says organized crime syndicates in Southeast Asia are flourishing in the illegal trafficking of drugs, wildlife, counterfeit goods and people
Trade, climate change, Iran focus as G-20 leaders meet
Jun 27, 2019
Prospects for detente in the trade war between the United States and China are in the spotlight as President Donald Trump and other world leaders gather in Osaka, Japan, for a summit of the Group of 20 nations
Big plastic user Japan fights waste ahead of G-20 summit
Jun 27, 2019
Japan hopes to lead world in reducing plastic waste, but the goal will be hard to achieve in a country where even a single-banana is sold plastic-wrapped
UN agencies urge stronger efforts to stop illegal fishing
Jun 5, 2019
Major United Nations agencies are urging key fishing nations to join efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Toyota reports dip in quarterly profit, projects recovery
May 8, 2019
Toyota sees 4% dip in 1Q profit on weaker vehicle sales in North America
Xi: China wants to expand sprawling infrastructure project
Apr 27, 2019
Xi calls for more countries to join China's sprawling infrastructure-building initiative as other leaders expressed support for a project Washington worries is building Beijing's strategic influence
The Latest: Hammond says Britain a good Belt & Road partner
Apr 26, 2019
British treasury chief Philip Hammond says the U.K.'s finance industry would be a "natural partner" for future projects under China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative
Monkey Punch, creator of megahit Japan comic Lupin III, dies
Apr 17, 2019
Cartoonist Monkey Punch, best known as the creator of the Japanese megahit comic series Lupin III, has died at age of 81
China seizes 2,700 ivory tusks in massive smuggling case
Apr 15, 2019
China has seized more than 2,700 ivory tusks in what customs authorities are calling the country's biggest smuggling case in years
Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found
Apr 12, 2019
Archaeologists who discovered fossils from a human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines plan more diggings and better protection of the caves where the remains were unearthed
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