Asia-Pacific
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Climate change makes Indian nomads move to towns
KHARNAK, India (AP) — For decades, Konchok Dorjey grazed the world’s finest cashmere-producing goats...
November 11, 2022
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Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say
Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the ...
November 9, 2022
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Afraid of needles? China offers inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on O...
November 8, 2022
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Itaewon survivor stuck in crush for over an hour
SEOUL — One week after the deadly Itaewon Halloween crush, a clearer picture is starting to emerge a...
November 6, 2022
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Sri Lanka families seek answers on missing relatives
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) — Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two...
November 5, 2022
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Singapore: The nation offers to help other countries go green with new related training courses
Officials in developing countries will be able to tap Singapore’s experience in areas such as water ...
November 4, 2022
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N. Korea apparently fires ballistic missile again
Tokyo, Nov. 3 (Jiji Press) — A possible ballistic missile was launched from North Korea on Thursday ...
November 3, 2022
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Australian air base to receive U.S. B-52 bombers
JAKARTA — The United States plans to send nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Au...
November 3, 2022
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3 tragedies in Asia take hundreds of lives in 1 month
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 400 people died in October in a series of crowd-related disaster...
November 2, 2022
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South Korean police chief apologizes for failure to respond to emergency calls
SEOUL — The head of South Korea’s police agency has apologized for the police’s failure to respond a...
November 2, 2022
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South Korea expedites efforts to establish Iron Dome-style air defense system
SEOUL — The administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expediting efforts to develop ...
November 2, 2022
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ROK police launch full-scale probe into Seoul crush
SEOUL — The South Korean police set up a 475-person investigative headquarters on Monday to collect ...
November 2, 2022
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South Korean president calls for stricter measures after fatal crush
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol directed his Cabinet ministers on Tuesday to work on st...
November 1, 2022
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Itaewon, scene of crowd surge, filled with sorrow
SEOUL — A large number of people visited the site of Saturday’s crowd surge in Itaewon, Seoul, to pa...
November 1, 2022
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18-year-old Japanese identified among victims of Seoul crowd surge, grandfather devastated
An Kozuchi, an 18-year-old woman from Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, is believed to be one of the tw...
November 1, 2022
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