Asia & Pacific

Thai police said the tycoon will face trial in China for running illegal casinos and gambling sites, and for using Burma as a base for money laundering.

Prosecutor Gillian Jones KC told a court in London the Lantian Gerui investment fund, created by Qian Zhimin, was a classic Ponzi scheme.

Australia has now inked or upgraded security deals with Singapore, India, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.

Meanwhile, some orphanages in one province are seeing more adoptions as it appears that more Chinese choose to raise children without tying the knot.

Behind sci-fi claims of a 150-year lifespan, references to ‘restoring organ functions’ and ties to notorious military hospital have medical ethicists worried.

‘Ten Years’ is an anthology of five short films that each imagined the city’s future from a different angle under tightening control from Beijing.

Under the Chinese Communist Party, ‘a planned economy can’t keep up with the needs of a modern market,’ one expert said.

The amount of meth seized at New Zealand’s borders and in the country has increased by 266 percent over the past 5 years.

Four Thai soldiers were injured in a landmine blast in an area of the border that Thai and Cambodian forces fought over earlier this year.

The action removes an obstacle to the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up U.S. ship production.

Beyfortus is approved for young children.

Japan’s prime minister said a Chinese military attack against Taiwan would likely constitute a ’survival-threatening situation' for Japan.

North Korea has conducted missile tests in recent weeks, in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Thai police said the tycoon will face trial in China for running illegal casinos and gambling sites, and for using Burma as a base for money laundering.

Prosecutor Gillian Jones KC told a court in London the Lantian Gerui investment fund, created by Qian Zhimin, was a classic Ponzi scheme.

Australia has now inked or upgraded security deals with Singapore, India, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.

Meanwhile, some orphanages in one province are seeing more adoptions as it appears that more Chinese choose to raise children without tying the knot.

Behind sci-fi claims of a 150-year lifespan, references to ‘restoring organ functions’ and ties to notorious military hospital have medical ethicists worried.

‘Ten Years’ is an anthology of five short films that each imagined the city’s future from a different angle under tightening control from Beijing.

Under the Chinese Communist Party, ‘a planned economy can’t keep up with the needs of a modern market,’ one expert said.

The amount of meth seized at New Zealand’s borders and in the country has increased by 266 percent over the past 5 years.

Four Thai soldiers were injured in a landmine blast in an area of the border that Thai and Cambodian forces fought over earlier this year.

The action removes an obstacle to the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up U.S. ship production.

Beyfortus is approved for young children.

Japan’s prime minister said a Chinese military attack against Taiwan would likely constitute a ’survival-threatening situation' for Japan.

North Korea has conducted missile tests in recent weeks, in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.