Hong Kong (CNN)From the jungles of Myanmar to the streets of Hong Kong, police throughout Asia are fighting a war against methamphetamine. By many indications, they’re losing. Demand for both crystal meth and yaba, tablets that typically contain a mixture …
Women console each other after identifying the body of a relative in Balaroa village. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters The logistics of responding to the disaster have been fraught with difficulty. Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 13,000 islands spread over …
(CNN)Prime Minister Scott Morrison said religious schools in Australia are already legally allowed to deny students a place based on their sexual orientation, following criticism of a leaked report that proposes allowing schools to bar them. Fairfax Media reported Wednesday …
Celebrities are supporting consumer culture and its increasing stranglehold on motherhood How many different products must one buy in order to be a successful new mother? The mummy market is an infinite expanse in which new products and services are …
Record-breaking US wildfires are fueling a cottage industry of boutique services and many are happy to pay the price With record-breaking wildfires carving up the American west this summer, firefighters have become the rarest of civil servants: the kind almost …
Researchers say drug has little benefit when taken by healthy people aged over 70 Millions of healthy people who take aspirin to ward off illness in old age are unlikely to benefit from the drug, a trial has found. While …
Tokyo maintains Pyongyang poses serious and imminent threat to its security Japan is refusing to alter its hardline stance towards North Korea, claiming the regime poses a serious and imminent threat to its security, despite a lowering of regional tensions …
(CNN)An Australian newspaper has doubled down on a cartoon of multiple Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams widely denounced as racist both at home and in the US. “A champion tennis player had a mega tantrum on the world stage, …
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Survey finds six out of 10 Catholics give him a fair or poor rating, while just three out of 10 say his handling of abuse has been excellent or good Confidence in Pope Franciss handling of the sexual abuse scandal …
