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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
The strong Australian dollar gave an “unprecedented whack” to tax revenue the government needed to return the nation’s budget to surplus, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. Spending on disability payments and a program to improve schools are the “big-ticket items” in the budget to ...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed not to alter her stance on same-sex marriage despite New Zealand giving it the go-ahead, with hundreds of couples expected to make the journey to tie the knot. Last September, Australia’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject the move, ...
A former Australian minister behind last month’s failed coup against Prime Minister Julia Gillard accused her of being divisive and media-driven in an interview Saturday, reviving tensions within the ruling Labor Party. Former Arts Minister Simon Crean, a veteran and former leader of the ...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard remained leader of the governing Labor party after her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, declined to challenge her in a ballot Thursday. No rivals stood against either Gillard or Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan, Labor official Chris Hayes said. ...
Australia will set up an antigang task force based on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s model to combat “the gangs and guns on our streets,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday. Gillard said the task force, expected to cost 64 million Australian dollars ...
Australia’s ruling Labor Party is heading for a huge defeat in elections this year, according to the first national polls Monday since Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a vote would be held in September. Labor ministers insisted a win was still possible as major ...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday broke with tradition and announced the nation would go to the polls Sept. 14, saying she wanted to give “shape and order” to the year. Australians usually know only weeks before when an election will be held, ...