Monkey Punch, creator of megahit Japan comic Lupin III, dies
Apr 17, 2019
Cartoonist Monkey Punch, best known as the creator of the Japanese megahit comic series Lupin III, has died at age of 81
China seizes 2,700 ivory tusks in massive smuggling case
Apr 15, 2019
China has seized more than 2,700 ivory tusks in what customs authorities are calling the country's biggest smuggling case in years
Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found
Apr 12, 2019
Archaeologists who discovered fossils from a human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines plan more diggings and better protection of the caves where the remains were unearthed
2 busts in Singapore reveal 38,000 endangered pangolins lost
Apr 11, 2019
Singapore seizes record haul of more than 28 tons of pangolin scales belonging to 38,000 mammals, spurring calls for more protection by wildlife groups
Japan lifts evacuation in parts of Fukushima plant hometown
Apr 10, 2019
Japan has partially lifted an evacuation order in one of the two hometowns of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time
Air is so dirty in northern Thailand, leader flies to see it
Apr 2, 2019
The air hanging over Thailand's far north has become so polluted that it has drawn a visit by the prime minister to see in person what is being called a severe health crisis
Worsening air pollution reducing lifespans in Indonesia
Mar 29, 2019
Researchers say Indonesia's air quality has deteriorated from among the cleanest in the world to one of the most polluted over the past 2 decades, shaving 5 years from life expectancy in some regions
Indonesia says arrested Russian smuggled orangutan, lizards
Mar 25, 2019
Indonesian police say they also found geckos and chameleons in the luggage of a Russian tourist who has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Bali
Russian accused of trying to smuggling orangutan out of Bali
Mar 25, 2019
A drugged orangutan and live geckos and lizards were found inside luggage at an airport on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, and a Russian man is being investigated for possible links to wildlife trafficking
Death toll rises to 62 in China chemical plant blast
Mar 23, 2019
An explosion at a chemical plant that killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds of others is one of China's worst industrial accidents in recent years