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Asia

26 Jul
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is in Beijing, the first stop on a tour of East Asia during which he will also visit South Korea and Japan. Widodo, the host of this year's Group of 20 meeting, is scheduled to...
25 Jul
Indonesian President Joko Widodo was heading to Beijing on Monday. Widodo, host of the G-20 Leaders summit in mid-November, will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and then hold talks with...
25 Jul
China added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station on Monday. The Wentian lab module was launched from the Wenchang space base on the tropical island province of Hainan on Sunday. After 13 hours of...
25 Jul
Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and lava into the nighttime sky. Large rocks fell as far as 2.5 kilometers from the Sakurajima volcano...
25 Jul
A gunman opened fire on university campus in the Philippine capital region on Sunday, killing a former town mayor and two others in a brazen attack ahead of a graduation ceremony. The suspect was armed with two...
25 Jul
A woman who hails from an ethnic minority community was sworn in as president of India on Monday. After the ceremony, India's new President Droupadi Murmu inspected an honor guard at the Presidential Palace....
25 Jul
In the wake of political turmoil in Sri Lanka's capital, 70 miles to the east the country's tea pickers are worried for their future. The tea industry has survived since before the First World War but global...
25 Jul
A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns but residents were advised to evacuate....
25 Jul
A top Chinese official confirmed Saturday that China's "state leaders" had received COVID-19 vaccinations. The Deputy Head of National Health Commission; Zeng Yixin stated during a news conference that the...
24 Jul
One woman has died and dozens of cars damaged after floods caused by heavy rain hit Russia's southern city of Sochi on Sunday. The Russian Emergency Ministry reported that an emergency situation was to be...

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