TOKYO - A Vietnamese man held in a Japanese immigration detention center died on Saturday, six people told Reuters, drawing fresh attention to conditions in the country's detention system.
SYDNEY - Australians are bracing for the worst cyclone in the country's northeast in several years, with residents evacuated and schools closed amid forecasts of destructive winds and rain.
WASHINGTON - Are robots coming for your job? Although technology has long affected the labor force, recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations.
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE - Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in eastern Sierra Leone.
RABAT, MOROCCO - The 23rd edition of the International Mediterranean Film Festival opened on Saturday in Morocco's northern city of Tetouan, with China as the guest of honor. The festival, which runs until April 2, will screen several Chinese movies reflecting various areas of China's film industry.
DUBAI - A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain went into effect on Saturday - with less fanfare and frustration than expected.
JINDO, SOUTH KOREA - When South Korea's Sewol ferry sank three years ago killing more than 300 people, it also devastated businesses close to the wreck site. Now owners hope its salvage will herald a change in their fortunes.
SUEZ, Egypt - China has become the biggest investor in Egypt's Suez Canal Area Development Project, a mega initiative showcasing a win-win partnership between the two countries, said Ahmed Darwish, chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, or SCZone, in an interview with Xinhua.
BEIJING - China's structural reform has been "really going well" amid rising uncertainties worldwide, said World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist. She stressed that the world needs to think as a community of common destiny.
Bank of China Ltd's overseas corporate loan growth surpassed domestic corporate loan growth in 2016 for the first time, signaling a new stage of internationalization, according to senior executives of the bank.
A Shanghai-headquartered company, that makes most of its profits from helping "exterminate" extramarital affairs, to head off divorces in shaky marriages, is seeking a listing on the New Third Board.
BEIJING - Stocks fell on Wednesday due to worries over tightening liquidity in the domestic banking system and uncertainty over whether US President Donald Trump will be able to get his economic policies approved in a timely fashion.
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