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Hyundai Motor invests in Southeast Asian ride-sharing Grab
Jan 11, 2018

Hyundai Motor invests in Southeast Asian ride-sharing Grab

Hyundai Motor says it is joining hands with Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab to break into one of the world's fastest-growing markets...

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Second US military chopper makes emergency landing in Japan
Jan 8, 2018

Second US military chopper makes emergency landing in Japan

A U.S. military helicopter has made an emergency landing in Japan's Okinawa islands in the second such incident in three days...

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Oil tanker burning off China's coast at risk of exploding
Jan 8, 2018

Oil tanker burning off China's coast at risk of exploding

Chinese state media say an oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China's coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, as authorities from three countries struggle to find its ...

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Macron appeals to China for partnership in climate, Africa
Jan 8, 2018

Macron appeals to China for partnership in climate, Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will ask Chinese leaders to form a partnership to fight climate change and support African development...

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32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China
Jan 7, 2018

32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China

An Iranian oil tanker has collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing and causing the tanker to spill oil into the sea...

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Rare Sumatran tiger kills Indonesian palm oil worker
Jan 5, 2018

Rare Sumatran tiger kills Indonesian palm oil worker

A rare Sumatran tiger has killed a woman working at a palm oil plantation in western Indonesia in the latest human-tiger conflict in an area hit bit widespread deforestation...

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Bluefin tuna sold for $320,000 in Tsukiji's last new year
Jan 5, 2018

Bluefin tuna sold for $320,000 in Tsukiji's last new year

A 892 pound (405 kilogram) bluefin tuna has been sold for 36.5 million yen ($320,000) in what may really be Tsukiji market's last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo...

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Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers
Dec 21, 2017

Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers

Less than five years after it pledged to end dozens of disputes over land and gain local consent for new plantations in Indonesia, one of the world's largest paper companies is backsliding on those vo...

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AP Exclusive: Pulp giant tied to companies accused of fires
Dec 20, 2017

AP Exclusive: Pulp giant tied to companies accused of fires

AP Exclusive: Indonesian paper giant Sinarmas is linked to opaque network of shell companies that own plantations accused of stealing lands and starting forest fires...

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Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade
Dec 20, 2017

Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade

A conservation group says Japan's lax controls over its domestic stock of ivory are encouraging illegal exports to other countries and undermining efforts to end trafficking in elephant tusks...

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