IWAKI, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE (REUTERS) – Japan on Thursday (March 11) mourned nearly 20,000 victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years…
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Body of woman missing in Japan 2011 tsunami identified after a decade
TOKYO (AFP) – The remains of a woman who went missing in the devastating 2011 Japan tsunami have been found and identified, police said Friday…
New Zealand marks 10 years since Christchurch earthquake
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand on Monday (Feb 22) marked 10 years since an earthquake struck its South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 people,…
As UN turns 75, the celebration is muted by calamity and conflict
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Worldwide contagion, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and a warming planet – not to mention rising hunger, growing…
Trump and Biden will observe 9/11 with trips to New York and Pennsylvania
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Former vice-president Joe Biden will travel to New York and Pennsylvania on Friday (Sept 11) to commemorate the 19th anniversary of…
Coronavirus keeps Rohingya indoors on 'genocide' anniversary
KUTUPALONG, BANGLADESH (AFP) – Almost a million Rohingya refugees stuck in Bangladesh mark three years since escaping from Myanmar on Tuesday (Aug 25), with coronavirus…
Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky remembered on 80th anniversary of his brutal assassination
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Bullet holes still pockmark the walls of the house in Mexico where Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was brutally murdered 80 years…
Hong Kong singer G.E.M. celebrates her 29th birthday with stylist boyfriend
Hong Kong singer-songwriter Gloria Tang, better known as G.E.M., celebrated her 29th birthday with stylist boyfriend Mark Ngai on Sunday (Aug 16). The Shanghai native…
Shu Qi and Stephen Fung celebrate four-year wedding anniversary with home-made dishes in Taiwan
A pandemic isn’t stopping celebrity couple Shu Qi and Stephen Fung from celebrating their anniversary. The couple, who have largely kept their relationship out of…
Trump to host Mount Rushmore fireworks show with masks optional
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Mr Donald Trump heads to Mount Rushmore on Friday (July 3) for an early Independence Day celebration with thousands of guests who…