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VIENTIANE, Laos (news agencies) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and ...
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (news agencies) — Bangladesh was crawling back to normalcy with limited internet and office hours Wednesday after more ...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (news agencies) — New Zealand is the latest country to wrestle with its history of the cruel, ...
Read morePhilippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling industry employing thousands
MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday ordered an immediate ban on widespread and mostly ...
Read moreInternet hasn’t been restored in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests
DHAKA, Bangladesh (news agencies) — Internet and mobile data services are still down despite apparent calm in Bangladesh following a ...
Read moreNorth Korea flies more balloons likely carrying trash after the South resumes propaganda broadcasts
SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward South Korea on Sunday, two ...
Read moreDespite curfew, deaths mount in Bangladesh student protests over government jobs quota
DHAKA, Bangladesh (news agencies) — Police imposed a strict curfew across Bangladesh and military forces patrolled parts of the capital ...
Read more11 dead and dozens missing after a highway bridge in China crumbles in flooding and heavy storms
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