Kim signals North Korea to keep border closed
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned against the "hasty" relaxation of anti-coronavirus measures, state…
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India greenlights purchase of 33 Russian fighter jets
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's defence ministry Thursday signed off on the purchase of 33 Russian fighter jets and…
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More than 160 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
HPAKANT, Myanmar (AFP) -- The battered bodies of more than 160 jade miners were pulled from a sea of mud…
5 years ago
Kim hails NKorea’s ‘shining success’ against COVID-19: KCNA
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has praised what he described as his country's "shining success"…
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Japan seeks extradition of two who helped Nissan chief Ghosn escape
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan has formally asked the United States to extradite two men who helped former Nissan chief…
5 years ago
UPDATED: More than 100 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide…
5 years ago
Beijing lifts some lockdowns as virus cases drop
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing lifted several lockdowns imposed to control a fresh coronavirus outbreak and reported just three new…
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Powerful explosion kills 19 in Iran capital
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- A powerful explosion at a clinic in northern Tehran killed at least 19 people on Tuesday,…
5 years ago
TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with Chinese govt
by Bhuvan BAGGA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- TikTok denied Tuesday sharing Indian users' data with the Chinese government, after…
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Jailed ex-Kyrgyz leader ‘hospitalized with pneumonia’
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) -- Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan's former president Almazbek Atambayev has been hospitalized with pneumonia but tested negative for the…
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