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Top Ivory Investigator Stabbed To Death In Kenya

One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya....

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Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Wins

Miss Universe 2017 – Miss South Africa was crowned winner at the Miss Universe beauty pageant 2017 held in Las Vegas...

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Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics

A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...

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Thai Polices Make $30m Drug Haul Linked To Laos Suspect

Thai police on Tuesday announced the seizure of drugs worth $30 million, including seven million methamphetamine...

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Vietnam To Rescue 1,000 Bears In Bid To End Bile Trade

Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the...

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Thai Seafood Giant Commits To Major Fishing Reforms

Thai Union, one of the world's largest seafood conglomerates, said Tuesday it will overhaul its fishing practices to...

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Myanmar Workers In Thailand Victims of A Broken System

With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed...

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Thailand Leads the Pack For Asia’s Abused Tourist Elephants

Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept...

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Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club

Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also...

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Myanmar and Thailand Torch $1 Billion of Seized Drugs

Myanmar and Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, a defiant show of force as...

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Australian Nurse Denies Running Illegal Surrogacy In Cambodia

An Australian nurse denied running an illegal surrogacy service in Cambodia when her trial began Tuesday, the first...

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Thai Junta Vows To Force Through China Railway

Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday said he would invoke his 'absolute powers' to clear hurdles holding up a...

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Hanoi Train Factory Fades From Glory

Built by the French to fix trains for their fast-developing Vietnamese colony, the Gia Lam factory later churned out...

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Vietnam Cops Bust Gang Using Mobile Labs To Make Ecstasy

Vietnamese cops have smashed a multi-million-dollar drug ring that pumped out ecstasy pills from mobile labs, police...

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Golden Triangle Narco-Gangs Churning Out New Highs, UN Warns

Southeast Asian drug cartels are diversifying the narcotics they produce, the UN's crime agency warned Wednesday, with...

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Expert In Escaping North Korea Has A Message For Trump

"I'm good at escaping," says Grace Jo, a slender 25-year-old who managed to flee North Korea and its authoritarian...

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British Drug ‘kingpin’ Arrested In Thailand After Years On the Run

A British drug trafficker convicted over a £1million ($1.3million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after...

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British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand

A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the...

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The Mekong Middlemen Running Drugs Across Asia

Compared to their ultra-violent Central and Latin American cousins, the drug dealers of Southeast Asia's Golden...