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Saturday, a bus carrying scores of members of a music troupe veered off a highway and plunged into a gorge in western India, killing 13 and injuring 29
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China has launched military exercises around Taiwan in what it termed a “stern warning” to the self-governing island’s leadership, in response to a meeting between Taiwan’s president and the US House
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US House speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, despite warnings from Beijing that such a meeting would be a “provocation”. Tsai is slated to
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Three British men are being detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to reports. Kevin Cornwell, a 53-year-old charity doctor, and an unnamed British national who manages a hotel for
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At least nine people have been killed by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake which has rocked large swathes of Pakistan and Afghanistan . The deaths were caused by the collapse of roofs
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An arrest warrant for former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been revoked by a court in Islamabad following violent clashes between police and the politician’s supporters outside the courthouse. Khan
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Three former members of an organization that organized annual vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in China have been incarcerated by a Hong Kong court. A
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February 19, 2023
A 59-year-old Australian tourist has been killed by a shark near a popular beach in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The man was swimming along a pontoon
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February 18, 2023
Western politicians have responded apprehensively to the impending release of a Chinese peace plan for Ukraine this week. China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi, one of the few external
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A suicide bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has resulted in at least 61 deaths and more than 170 injuries. The explosion occurred as 300 worshippers
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