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Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) Taiwan saw the number of visiting Chinese tourists plummet by 32.41 percent in August compared with the same period of last year, according to Tourism Bureau data released Tuesday, increasing concerns about more serious contraction of the market sector. According to the statistics, Taiwan recorded 248,538 visits from Chinese nationals, down […]

Wayang Windu (Indonesia) (AFP) – Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant sitting in the shadow of an active volcano, as energy is tapped from the red-hot underbelly of the archipelago. Pipes zig-zag up rugged mountainsides covered in tea plantations, carrying steam from the Earth’s core to power enormous, electricity-generating […]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country’s new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an “unprecedented” mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime. Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly, Yasay said the Duterte government was “determined to free the Philippines from corrupt […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The fedora, the bomber jacket and the consuming quest invite comparisons to Indiana Jones. Blaine Gibson, though, hasn’t matched the film hero’s triumph in finding the legendary chest containing the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Not that he didn’t try. “The Ark of the Covenant, I did not find […]

Taipei (AFP) – Taiwan’s defence ministry has asked Google to blur images of a new development believed to be for military use on a disputed South China Sea island. Tensions remain high in the region over conflicting territorial claims, particularly over the strategically important Spratlys chain. [restrict] Taiwan administers Taiping island, which is the largest […]