Former Japan emperor recovering after heart failure diagnosis
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's former emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with heart failure but is in stable condition after…
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International
Taiwan practices repelling Chinese sea invasion in war games
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan simulated intercepting Chinese attacks from the sea in annual war games on Tuesday, with…
3 years ago
ASEAN says Myanmar executions ‘highly reprehensible’
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | AFP Myanmar's execution of four prisoners, including a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party,…
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Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved ‘many death sentences’: junta spokesman
Yangon, Myanmar | AFP The four prisoners Myanmar's junta executed in the first cases of capital punishment in the country…
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One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) -- One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco,…
3 years ago
High-level US delegation heads to Solomons to mark WWII amid China moves
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A high-level US delegation will travel to the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary…
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‘Overwhelming’: Survivors reflect on pope’s Indigenous abuse apology
MASKWACIS, Canada (AFP) -- Some seemed far away, others wept or applauded: a great wave of emotion swept through…
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Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: local media
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in…
3 years ago
Pope apologizes for ‘evil’ of decades of abuse in Catholic-run residential schools in Canada
by Clement Melki and Amel Semmache Agence France Presse Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the "evil" inflicted on…
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Gunman dead after killing two in Canada shooting spree
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- A gunman killed two people and wounded two others in a series of shootings near Vancouver…
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