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Japan marks decade since 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster

by Harumi Ozawa with Sara Hussein in Tokyo HISANOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Thursday marks 10 years since the…

The towering sea wall legacy of Japan’s 2011 tsunami

by Natsuko FUKUE TARO, Japan (AFP) -- The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be…

A year after Brazil dam collapse: What’s changed?

BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AFP) - Florence GOISNARD Brazil marks the first anniversary of the Brumadinho dam collapse Saturday, one of the…

Missiles, drones and tanks: China shows off military prowess

  by Ludovic Ehret and Helen Roxburgh BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China put its growing military might on full display…

One party: How communists rule in China

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's Communist Party has defied the odds to retain firm control of power for 70…

China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong unrest looms large

  by Laurent Thomet and Helen Roxburgh BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy Tuesday…

Taiwan shrugs as communist China hails 70th anniversary

  by Sean Chang  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Communist China's creation seven decades ago irrevocably changed Taiwan, but Beijing's huge…

Trump vows to hit Taliban ‘harder’ than ever as US marks 9/11

by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump pledged to hit…

New York remembers 9/11 attacks, 18 years on

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York honored Wednesday the almost 3,000 people killed on September 11, 2001 in…

Five years after Typhoon Haiyan, scores still in harm’s way

  by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse TACLOBAN, Philippines (AFP) -- Diofel Llamado fled for his life when Super Typhoon…

Guam’s second highest official makes second courtesy call to INC Executive Minister, greets INC on its 104th year

  The second highest official of Guam, Lt. Gov. Ray Tenorio, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Central…

Bong Go says Duterte will not commemorate anniversary of Marawi siege

 "Why honor" that day Marawi was attacked?, he asks (Eagle News)--President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend ceremonies to commemorate the…

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