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North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
SEOUL - North Korea for the first time showed images on Friday of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs, as leader Kim...
Sep 14, 20243 min read
Evergrande Chairman Hui kept in special detention center in Shenzhen, sources say
HONG KONG - Hui Ka Yan, the chairman of China Evergrande Group - the company at the centre of the country's property sector crisis - has...
Sep 14, 20243 min read
Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands
At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with...
Sep 14, 20242 min read
Explainer-What to know about North Korea's nuclear weapons programme
SEOUL - North Korea has disclosed the first photos of a uranium enrichment site designed to produce weapons-grade fuel for its nuclear...
Sep 14, 20243 min read
Pope Francis, in Singapore, urges fair wages for migrant workers
SINGAPORE - Pope Francis on Thursday urged political leaders in Singapore, a leading global financial hub, to seek fair wages for the...
Sep 13, 20243 min read
Death toll in Vietnam from typhoon impacts rises to 226, as pressure eases in Hanoi
HANOI/THAI NGUYEN - The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 226 on Thursday,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Turkey seeks international arrest warrants over citizen killed in West Bank
ISTANBUL - Turkey has opened an investigation into the death of a Turkish-American activist believed to have been shot by Israeli troops...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, UN report says
GENEVA - Gaza's economy has shrunk to less than a sixth of its size when the Israel-Hamas war began nearly a year ago, while unemployment...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Thailand's new PM outlines policies to parliament as consumer mood drops
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday outlined her government's policy agenda to parliament, headlined by...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Countries donate mpox vaccines to combat outbreak in Africa
Some countries have pledged to donate doses of mpox vaccines to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, after the World Health...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Hanoi flooded by swollen river as Typhoon Yagi leaves 179 dead
HANOI - Vietnam's capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
UN chief says lack of accountability on UN staff killings in Gaza 'unacceptable'
UNITED NATIONS - A lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip is...
Sep 13, 20244 min read
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