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Asia

10 Aug
The Philippine and Vietnamese coast guards held firefighting and search-and-rescue exercises off Manila on Friday, the first such drills between the two countries in the South China Sea. The drills featured a...
10 Aug
A Philippine news site, Rappler, co-founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa can continue operating after a court overturned a shutdown order, according to the ruling released Friday, the latest legal victory for the...
10 Aug
Central Asian leaders met in Kazakhstan Friday to seek to agree a shared policy on water management in a region where the scarce resource causes frequent disputes. The way water access is shared in the Central...
10 Aug
California celebrated the return of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo on Thursday. The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, are the first to enter the United States in 21 years and were welcomed by California Governor...
10 Aug
Japan's sniffer dogs that detect illegal drugs at airports are set to be joined by canines trained to use their noses to uncover large amounts of cash in luggage. Two dogs that went through a month of money-...
10 Aug
A powerful explosion set off a fireball on a container ship loaded with hazardous goods at a major port on China’s Pacific coast, state media and authorities said on Friday. No injuries were reported from...
10 Aug
Laos is hosting the 16th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting and its related meetings from August 8th to 10th in its capital city, Vientiane. On August 8th, the Myanmar delegation, led by Union Minister Dr. Thet...
9 Aug
Thailand's main opposition party relaunched on Friday with a new name and leader, after its old version won the popular vote in last year’s elections but was forced by a court to disband this week. The...
9 Aug
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has canceled a visit to three Central Asian countries to deal with the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck off Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday. Kishida had been scheduled to visit...
9 Aug
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was sworn into office Thursday as Bangladesh's interim leader, vowing to "uphold, support and protect the constitution". He flew into the capital, Dhaka,...

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