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China expresses anger after Filipino protesters land on disputed land
Chinese authorities are expressing their displeasure after a group of Filipino protesters managed to make their way to a disputed island in the South China Sea.
A group of around 50 young Filipino activists managed to sail to an island in the Nansha Islands which the Philippine government claims.
A group of around 50 young Filipino activists managed to sail to Zhongye Island in the Nansha Islands, which the Philippine government claims as its territory.
The protesters, who arrived on Saturday, say they plan to stay until tomorrow.
Police take coercive measures against 12 connected to Shenzhen landslide
Local police in Shenzhen have taken "coercive measures" against 12 people connected to this month's deadly landslide in the city.
The 12 include executives of the company running the dump site where a massive mountain of mud and construction waste rolled over an industrial park on December 20th, leaving 75 people still missing.
Police are also suggesting an official in the city has likely taken his own life in an incident which could be connected to the landslide.
The official was the former head of the Urban Management Bureau of Shenzhen's Guangming New District where the dump site is located.
It's unclear if he has been among those being looked at in the investigation into the landslide.
Blast in fireworks storage house leaves 3 dead, 4 injured
A blast at a fireworks storage facility in Henan has left 3 people dead.
Four others survived the blast, which ripped through a workshop in the city of Jiaozuo.
Authorities say the unused workshop was storing the fireworks illegally.
It's unclear at this point what set off the explosion.
China to raise budget deficit ratio in 2016
Chinese government says it's going to raise its budget deficit ratio next year.
The decision has been made at a national fiscal work conference this Monday.
The government also says its going to be more assertive with its fiscal policies in the coming year.
China raised its fiscal-deficit-to-GDP ratio to 2.3 percent for this year, compared with last year's target of 2.1 percent.
That number is expected to move well beyond 3 percent thsi coming year in an effort to shore up growth.
Twin bombings kill 32, wound 90 in Syria's Homs:
At least 32 people have been reportedly killed and 90 others wounded after pair of car bombs have gone off in the central Syrian city of Homs.
The bombings rocked the main square in the al-Zahra' neighborhood in Homs, inhabited by an offshoot of Shiite Islam which the ruling elite in Syria belongs.
Meanwhile, a mass evacuation of 460 civilians and rebel fighters is underway in three Syrian hotspots this Monday.
The three areas include a mountain resort and two Shiite villages in northern Syria.
The evacuation is part of a UN-backed truce first reached between the Syrian army and the rebels in September.
S. Korea, Japan reach agreement on wartime sex slavery after ministerial meeting
The governments of South Korea and Japan say they've reached a historic consensus over Japan's wartime sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II.
This follows a meeting of the country's foreign ministers in Seoul.
Following the meeting, Japan's foreign minister has read out a statement from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In it, Abe is quoted saying "the Japanese government strongly feels responsibility" for the comfort women issue from the perspective that the honor and dignity of many women were deeply scarred "under the involvement" of the Imperil Japanese Army.
Abe's statement also includes an apology, something the Japanese side has already done.
Dozens dead in US storms
At least 43 people are confirmed dead in severe storms which have been rolling across parts of the southern and mid-western United States over the past 5-days.
Among them, deadly tornadoes in Texas have killed at least 11 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods near Dallas.
The State governments of Missouri, Oklahoma and New Mexico have all declared states of emergency.
Nearly 15-hundred flights had to be cancelled on Sunday due to the bad weather, of which half were in Dallas.
Thai embassy in Yangon closes consular services for three days due to demonstration
Thai nationals living in Myanmar are being warned to be on alert amid mass demonstrations which have been taking place in Yangon and other parts of the country.
The Thai embassy in Yangon has also shut down its consular services for the next 3-days amid massive demonstrations which have been taking place outside the embassy compound.
Hundreds have been gathered outside the Thai embassy, protesting the death sentence handed down to a pair of migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand earlier this month.
Similar demonstrations have also been taking place in other parts of Myanmar.
Iraqi forces retake IS-held Ramadi
Iraqi forces are touting a major victory in their fight to reclaim the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
Troops have reportedly retaken a former government compound which had been controlled by the Islamic State.
Iraqi forces launched a major offensive this past week to retake Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province, from the Islamic State, which overran the city earlier this year.
