125 others were wounded. Another blast occurred in bangkok on tuesday. An explosive device was thrown into the chao phraya river from a bridge. No one was injured. Investigators are searching for a suspicious man who was caught on a surveillance camera near the site of mondays blast. Chinese officials appear to be learning more about what may have caused a deadly warehouse blast in the city of tianjin. Local media quotes a senior Public Security official as saying the building was storing more than 40 kinds of hazardous chemicals with a total volume of about 3,000 tons. The report says the chemicals included 800 tons of Ammonium Nitrate which can be used in explosives. There were also 500 tons of pa tass yum nitrate and 700 tons of sodium cyanide. Authorities say the explosions killed 114 people and dozens are still missing. Local media say authorities detained ten people including the top official of a company that manages the warehouse. Officials with Japans Defense Ministry are set
[ speaking Foreign Language ] in january 2015, vietnam revised its marriage and family law and effectively allowed samesex marriage by abolishing a clause that had previously made it prohibited. The revision is a complete 180degree turn in a country where gay people could be fined for getting wed in the past. [ speaking Foreign Language ] big gay travel companies and they advertise more and more to promote vietnam as a gay destination. In this episode of asia insight, we see how vietnam is changing its values and gradually integrating gay people into its society. Ho Chi Minh City is one of the largest metropolises in Southeast Asia and is at the heart of vietnams economy. It beats the capital hanoi as the wealthiest city and is a magnet for workers all over the country. In the past five years alone, the population has increased by almost 800,000. The city has come a long way since the end of the vietnam war 40 years ago. We asked locals what they feel about the recent revision in the s
[ speaking Foreign Language ] in january 2015, vietnam revised its marriage and family law and effectively allowed samesex marriage by abolishing a clause that had previously made it prohibited. The revision is a complete 180degree turn in a country where gay people could be fined for getting wed in the past. [ speaking Foreign Language ] big gay travel companies and they advertise more and more to promote vietnam as a gay destination. In this episode of asia insight, we see how vietnam is changing its values and gradually integrating gay people into its society. Ho Chi Minh City is one of the largest metropolises in Southeast Asia and is at the heart of vietnams economy. It beats the capital hanoi as the wealthiest city and is a magnet for workers all over the country. In the past five years alone, the population has increased by almost 800,000. The city has come a long way since the end of the vietnam war 40 years ago. We asked locals what they feel about the recent revision in the s
Condemned the Spanish Governments plans to sack the Regional Administration as a coup. Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out on the streets of barcelona to protest against the decision of the Spanish Government to take control in the region. The spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said thered be new elections to the catalan parliament. He said hed been left with no choice by an illegal independence referendum and leaders who had chosen confrontation. In the past hour, catalonias president , Carles Puigdemont compared the actions of the Spanish Government to those of the countrys former dicator, general franco translation in my latest letter to the spanish president , i asked him for dialogue, and i reminded him that. Today, the Ministry Council has shut down this claim and this petition. They have announced a series of measures that directly represent the liquidation of our Self Government and the democratic bill of the catalan, that catalan people decided at the ballot box.
Im a visiting fellow here. Im delighted to welcome all of you here for an event on americas global image, cohosted by both brookings and the Pew Research Center. As many of you are probably already aware if you tpwhransed at this newspaper or checked your social media accounts this morning, pew released its latest edition of the Global Research study, with this years survey covering 37 countries and more than 40,000 respondents, all conduct theafed inauguration of President Trump, between february 16 and may 8 of this year. And the findings are news worthy, particularly during a week in which the white house is hosting the Prime Minister of india on thursday, hosting the president of the republic of korea, and a week ahead of President Trumps travel to germany for this years g2 summit where he will which will feature 0 heads of state and government in numerous bilateral meetings, including possibly a meeting between President Trump and president putin. To share the highlights of the su