A government report about the risk an Australian natural habitat faces from climate change is giving Prime Minister Julia Gillard a boost in her campaign to pass a new carbon tax. A report commissioned by the Climate Change Department looks at the effect of rising sea levels on Kakadu National Park’s river system for the […]
Australian Government Says Natural Wonder at Risk from Climate Change
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
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Asia Markets Close Mostly Lower
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Major Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Thursday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index dropped nearly one and three-quarter percent to finish at 9,555. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost just over one and one-half percent to finish the day’s trading at 23,254. Share prices were also lower in Bangkok, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Wellington, […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. It said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks and […]
China Rebuffs Philippines Complaint, Claiming South China Sea Reefs
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
China is claiming sovereignty over a series of reefs also claimed by the Philippines in the latest in a series of territorial disputes in the South China Sea. A foreign ministry spokesman said in Beijing Thursday it is “entirely normal” for a Chinese enterprise to have unloaded building materials and erected marker posts in the […]
World Health Organization Says Deadly European Bacteria Is New Strain
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization says that a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has killed 17 Europeans is a new strain that has never been seen before. The U.N. agency said Thursday that preliminary genetic tests suggest that the strain is a mutant of two different E. coli bacteria with lethal genes. A food […]
NATO Says Forces Capture Bin Laden Associate in Afghanistan
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terror leader Osama bin Laden. In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name. It said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks and […]
Flights Suspended as Yemen Fighting Intensifies
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Flights have been suspended at the airport in the Yemeni capital as fighting intensifies between government forces and armed tribesmen. Reports said airport operations were halted when the fighting moved close to the airport Thursday. Thousands of armed tribesmen are said to be heading to the capital, Sana’a, to join the fight against government forces. […]
US Senator Visits Rangoon to Meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain is in Rangoon for a meeting with Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. McCain paid a visit earlier Thursday to the Rangoon headquarters of the Free Funeral Service Society. An opposition spokesman told VOA’s Burmese service the senator was also slated to see representatives of five small ethnic parties. McCain’s […]
Sony Restores PlayStation Network to Much of Wired World
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Japanese entertainment giant Sony says it will restore service Thursday to its popular online gaming service in the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. The action comes more than a month after the service was shut down due to a cyberattack. Sony closed the global PlayStation Network on April 20 after hackers gained access to […]
German Chancellor Questions Burma’s Bid for ASEAN Chair
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for Burma to improve its human rights record before it is permitted to serve as chair of ASEAN. Speaking Thursday at an international forum in Singapore, Ms. Merkel said she is “a little bit concerned” about Burma’s bid to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2014. The […]
