Oversupply of drugs in Mekong, East Asia puts younger users at risk, U.N. says
Production and trafficking of illicit drugs have reached unprecedented levels in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region and East Asia, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that oversupply increases the risks for younger users.
Explainer: What is liquefaction?
Liquefied soil caused numerous buildings to collapse in the Indonesian city of Palu after Friday’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake, which has killed more than 800 people.
Chamorro, Nicaragua’s first female president, hospitalized
Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s first female president, was hospitalized on Monday and placed in intensive care after an apparent stroke, her family said.
Scale of Indonesian disaster emerges but rescuers hold hope for survivors
The extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi should become clearer on Tuesday as rescuers push into remote areas that have been out of contact for more than three days.
Canada’s Quebec shifts right as CAQ set to win majority
The center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec is on track to win power for the first time in Canada’s Quebec province on Monday, dealing a blow to the Liberal incumbents and allowing the party to make good on its promises to curb immigration.
Japan PM Abe to keep key ministers in posts in cabinet reshuffle
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was expected to keep key ministers in their posts in a cabinet reshuffle in Tuesday, including finance, foreign affairs and the economy minister who has handled knotty trade talks with the United States.
Indonesian rescuers hold hope for survivors as scale of disaster emerges
The extent of the devastation caused by an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi should become clearer on Tuesday, as rescuers push into remote areas that have been out of contact for more than three days.
Canada’s Quebec shifts right as CAQ projected to win majority
The center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec is on track to win power for the first time in Canada’s second most populous province, according to early results from Elections Quebec on Monday, after leader Francois Legault ran a campaign promising voters ch…
China condemns U.S. for South China Sea freedom of navigation operation
China expressed anger on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty.
Ono Pharma shares soar; Nobel awarded for cancer-fighting method used in its drug
Shares of Ono Pharmaceutical Co jumped to levels not seen in over two years after a Nobel Prize was awarded to researchers for a cancer-fighting method used in Opdivo, a drug it co-developed with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co .
