The United Nations has recommitted to offering food assistance to North Korea through December 2024. The U.N. World Food Programme…
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China’s deadly summer floods have caused $25B in damage
BEIJING – Summer floods in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing and caused $25 billion in…
Read More‘Close encounter’ reported between US Navy plane, Chinese jet over South China Sea
One day before President Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese military surveillance aircraft “crossed the nose” of…
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Air travel booms in India, strains creaky infrastructure
NEW DELHI – Lightson Ngashangva still remembers the long train journeys followed by interminable bus rides each summer when he…
Read MoreSea dispute escalates as China and the Philippines deploy more warships
The standoff in the South China Sea between the naval forces of the Philippines and China is in danger of…
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Koreas hold fifth round of Kaesong industrial zone talks
SEOUL (AFP) – North and South Korea began a fifth round of talks Monday on reopening a joint industrial complex,…
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Co-pilot forced to land Air India plane after pilot locked out of cockpit
Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was…
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As Chinese New Year nears, US cities vie for tourism dollars
The Chinese New Year celebration begins in less than a week, but several U.S. cities have been spending months –…
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