Simon Lewis

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Europe Warns Economic Migrants Not to Travel

"Do not risk your lives and your money," the E.U.'s top official says

By Simon Lewis

Thai Junta to Give Critics 'Attitude Adjustment'

Move is the latest in a series of measures to crush dissent

By Simon Lewis

Tibetan Monk in China Said to Self-Immolate in Protest

"[While he burned], he called out for Tibet’s complete independence"

By Simon Lewis

Mediterranean Migrant Boat Arrivals Soar

IOM predicts the 2016 figure will surpass the million arrivals in Europe in 2015

By Simon Lewis

Moody's Says China Credit Outlook 'Negative'

The ratings agency cites "Uncertainty about the authorities' capacity to implement reforms"

By Simon Lewis

China: Booksellers Detained Over 'Unauthorized' Sales

Four of five men detained by China appeared in a news item on a Hong Kong-based television station

By Simon Lewis

Lock of a John Lennon's Hair Fetches $35,000

The hair was cut by a German barber in 1966 ahead of the filming of the movie How I Won The War

By Simon Lewis

Cambodian Tycoon Who Beat Star to Be Free Soon

Real estate magnate Sok Bun is reported to have paid $100,000 in "compensation" to the victim

By Simon Lewis

Lawyer Says Bangkok Bombing Suspect Was Tortured

20 people died in the Aug. 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine

By Simon Lewis

China Blasts 'Radical Separatists' in Hong Kong

The comments signal Beijing's unwillingness to tolerate Hong Kong's small but growing independence movement

By Simon Lewis

Why Is President Obama Hosting Asian Autocrats?

Next week's U.S.-ASEAN summit in California has been described as "an unseemly parade of dictators"

By Simon Lewis

New Study Almost Doubles Syrian Death Toll

The Syrian Center for Policy Research says that 11.5% of Syria's population has been killed or injured

By Simon Lewis

Thai Police Catch Alleged Master Passport Forger

Hamid Reza Jafary allegedly produced sophisticated forgeries that could be used to enter Western countries

By Simon Lewis

Woman Falls 60 Ft., Lands on Bed

"Her injuries are not thought to be serious," said police

By Simon Lewis

Indian Soldier Found Alive 6 Days After Avalanche

Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried under nearly 8 m of snow at an altitude of 5,900 m

By Simon Lewis

U.N. Probe Details Torture and Executions in Syria

The Syrian government is accused of "extermination, murder, rape ... torture, imprisonment, enforced disappearance and other inhuman acts"

By Simon Lewis

Tunisia Builds Barrier to Keep Out Militants From Libya

Tunisian forces and electronic monitoring equipment will reinforce a barrier made up of a series of sandbanks and ditches

By Simon Lewis

China Confirms It's Holding the 3 Missing Booksellers

In total, five men connected to Mighty Current Media are being held on the Mainland

By Simon Lewis

Australian Churches Offer Sanctuary to Refugees

Nearly 270 asylum seekers — among them 37 infants — are currently facing return to the islands of Nauru and Manus

By Simon Lewis

California Sues Gas Company Over Massive Leak

More than 80,000 tons of methane has been released into the atmosphere since the leak started in October

By Simon Lewis
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