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North Korea resumes missile tests, raising tensions with its rivals after their military drills’ end
North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
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Pakistani airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people
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Uber pays $178 million to end legal fight with Australian taxi drivers
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A man has fallen to his death from a hot-air balloon in Australia
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India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
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China’s economy shows signs of improvement, but its property sector is still in the doldrums
China has reported its manufacturing and investment improved in the first two months of the year, while weakness in the property sector weighed on the economy.
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China’s foreign minister meets New Zealand counterpart, beginning trip that also includes Australia
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has begun a diplomatic tour of New Zealand and Australia, meeting with his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters in Wellington, the nation’s capital.
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A highway crash in southern Afghanistan kills 21 people and injures 38
A highway crash in southern Afghanistan has left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured. The crash occurred Sunday morning in Gerashk district of Helmand province on the main highway between southern Kandahar and western Herat provinces.
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India announces 6-week general elections starting April 19 with Modi’s BJP topping surveys
India has announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
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India’s navy takes control of bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuates crew
The Indian navy says it has taken control of a bulk carrier that was hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuated the 17 crew members on the vessel.
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7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a military post in northwest Pakistan.
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Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019.
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Collecting sap to make palm sugar is an arduous, and less appealing, job for Cambodians
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chin Choeun spends nearly 12 hours a day collecting sap from palm trees that he and his wife turn into palm sugar.
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North Korea’s Kim enjoys a Russian luxury limousine gifted by Putin as the two nations expand ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted by President Vladimir Putin.
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Japan lawyers’ group urges Tokyo to halt park development, calling its impact review unscientific
The Japanese bar association has issued a statement urging Tokyo’s metropolitan government to consider suspending a disputed redevelopment of the city’s beloved park area, saying that its environmental assessment by developers lacked objective and scientific grounds.
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Australia resumes funding for UNRWA and pledges more Gaza aid
Australia says it will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians. Several weeks ago, the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support because of Israeli allegations that some of its Gaza-based staff participated in the Oct. 7 attack.
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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
March 8-14, 2024
Muslims in Indonesia and Indian-controlled Kashmir prayed at mosques to mark the holy month of Ramadan.
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UK high court rules Australian computer scientist is not mysterious bitcoin founder as he claims
Britain’s high court has ruled that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency.
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US commerce secretary hails progress at year’s first meeting of Indo-Pacific trade grouping
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has praised the progress made by the 14 countries in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity after the group held a ministerial meeting to discuss proposed guidelines for regional commerce.
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3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests have lost their bid to overturn their conviction over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security law.
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Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud
The camps of the two presidential candidates who appear to have lost in Indonesia’s election last month say they plan to challenge the official results at the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud.
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Biden opposes plan to sell US Steel to a Japanese firm, citing the need for ‘American steel workers’
President Joe Biden is opposing the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying the U.S. needs “strong American steel companies powered by American steel workers.”
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A Japanese court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and calls for urgent change
A Japanese high court has ruled that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions.
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Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices
Thousands of farmers are protesting in India’s capital to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices.
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Chinese city officials issue a rare apology after authorities harass journalists on live TV
City officials in eastern China have apologized to local journalists after authorities were shown pushing them and trying to obstruct reporting from the site of a deadly explosion.
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AI-created election disinformation is deceiving voters globally
It’s now easy for any smartphone user to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters.
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Falling rocks in Australian gold mine kill 1 miner and severely injure another while 29 reach safety
Rescuers say falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries.
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North Korea’s Kim test drives a new tank and orders troops to prepare for war
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new model of tank and drove one himself, as his rivals South Korea and the U.S. wrapped up their annual military exercises, state media reported Thursday.
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EU maritime force says it is shadowing a Bangladesh-flagged ship seized by pirates off Somali coast
The European Union’s maritime security force says it is tracking a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel that was boarded by pirates this week off the Somali coast.
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IMF to hold crucial talks with Pakistan over release of final $1.1B tranche of $3B bailout
Officials say the International Monetary Fund will hold a crucial round of talks with Pakistan’s new government starting this week.
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US and Japanese forces to resume Osprey flights in Japan following fatal crash
Japanese officials say the U.S. and Japanese militaries will resume flights of Osprey aircraft in Japan after completing necessary maintenance and training following a fatal crash last November.
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At least 2 are dead and 24 missing after a fishing boat capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island
Indonesia authorities say a fishing boat that was carrying 37 people capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least two people and leaving 24 others missing.
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Elderly retirees face big losses after Chinese trust goes bust, reflecting turbulent economy
Some investors in a troubled Chinese trust fund are facing financial ruin under a government plan to return a fraction of their money back.
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The treated discharge from Japan’s ruined Fukushima nuclear plant is safe, IAEA chief says on visit
The head of the U.N. atomic agency has observed firsthand the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s ongoing radioactive wastewater discharges for the first time since the contentious program began six months ago.
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At least 2 dead and dozens injured in a suspected gas explosion outside Beijing
An explosion caused by a suspected gas leak has ripped through a building in northern China, killing at least two people and injuring 26 others.
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In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the lure of moving to the city grows even stronger amid climate shocks
The lure of the city has always been strong for the poor in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Millions have moved from the mostly agricultural region to big cities like Ho Chi Minh City for factory jobs that offer them a chance to get ahead.
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Pakistani authorities bar visitors for imprisoned ex-PM Khan for 2 weeks, citing possible attack
Pakistani authorities have barred visitors to the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan after receiving intelligence about a possible attack on the prison where he is held.
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Nobel Literature laureate Mo Yan is accused in patriotism lawsuit of insulting China’s heroes
His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China?
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Thai election body to seek dissolution of progressive party that won last year’s general election
Thailand’s Election Commission says it will seek the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party, which won last year’s general election, after a court ruled that the party’s proposal to amend a royal anti-defamation law was unconstitutional.
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UN nuclear chief tells Japan transparency is ‘very important’ in ruined nuclear plant’s discharges
The head of the U.N. atomic agency has emphasized to Japan’s government the importance of transparency in its ongoing discharges of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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