Asia-Pacific
In many places around the world, plans for New Year’s Eve celebrations were muted or cancelled for the second year due to coronavirus infections.
Asian shares fell sharply on Tuesday after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011.
Nguyen Van Hoa, 22, was sentenced to seven years in prison for "conducting propaganda against the state."
On his Asia trip, Trump is pitching the same trade benefits that were in the Trans-Pacific Partnership he professed to hate.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The storm hit just days ahead of the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders.
Washington and Pyongyang have engaged in an escalating war of words.
About 13,000 people are ill with diarrhea and respiratory infections in densely populated Bangladesh.
Two out of three new HIV infections were among 15 to 24 year-old men.
