IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
ISLAMABAD (news agencies) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of ...
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China is raising its retirement age, now among the youngest in the world’s major economies
BEIJING (news agencies) — Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the ...
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Sri Lankans’ fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (news agencies) — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka’s president, many saw it as the end of ...
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South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea’s nuclear threat
POHANG, South Korea (news agencies) — There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South ...
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Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon’s aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
HANOI, Vietnam (news agencies) — Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more ...
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Hong Kong hits out at US Congress for passing a bill that could close its representative offices
HONG KONG (news agencies) — Hong Kong’s government on Wednesday said the U.S. House of Representatives twisted facts in an ...
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Anti-war protesters clash with police outside Australian arms convention
MELBOURNE, Australia (news agencies) — Thousands of anti-war protesters clashed with police Wednesday outside a military arms convention in downtown ...
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South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s
SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their ...
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Pope arrives in deeply Catholic East Timor to encourage its recovery from bloody independence
DILI, East Timor (news agencies) — Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a ...
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Asia’s newest billionaire founded a grocery store in 1987 and never gave up any stake — until this week’s IPO
Lee Thiam Wah, the founder of Malaysian mini-mart chain 99 Speed Mart, is Asia's latest billionaire.The company went public on ...
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