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Killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan’s Hokkaido coast escape
Pod of orcas in north Japan freed themselves as gaps between the ice grew, officials sayA pod of killer whales…
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Killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan’s Hokkaido coast escape
Pod of orcas in north Japan freed themselves as gaps between the ice grew, officials sayA pod of killer whales…
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Suspect, 14, hospitalised after rock attack on politician in South Korea
Boy sent to mental health facility after Bae Hyun-jin left with cuts to her head from attack in SeoulA 14-year…
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Japan earthquake death toll reaches 100 as more survivors pulled from rubble
Number of missing lowered to 211 as thousands of troops join rescue effort and experts warn of disease risk at…
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Kim Ju-ae likely heir to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, says South’s spy agency
Intense speculation over future role for Kim Jong-un’s daughter, who is reportedly 10, comes as North Korea fi…
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North Korea launches ballistic missiles after US and South Korea bolster nuclear deterrence plans
Japan’s government has called a meeting of its national security council in response to the launchesNorth Kore…
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Xi Jinping suggests China will send new pandas to US as ‘envoys of friendship’
Chinese president signalled that the pandas would be sent after his first face-to-face meeting with Joe Biden …
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Hong Kong leader defends elections after largest pro-democracy party shut out
The Democratic party, the city’s largest pro-democracy party, failed to secure enough nominations under new ru…
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Bangladesh: key opposition figure jailed after rally turns violent
The opposition is demanding the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non…
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China expanding nuclear arsenal much faster than predicted, US report says
Pentagon report also says Beijing is intensifying pressure on neighbours to push back on US efforts to contain…
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North Korean IT workers sent US pay home for weapons program, says FBI
Authorities say thousands of people dispatched by North Korea to work for US companies fed millions of dollars…
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Earthquake strikes Afghanistan region still reeling from week of devastation
Another 6.3-magnitude quake strikes outside Herat in western area where thousands were killed last weekA power…
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Almost all ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian government says 100,000 people have fled since Azerbaijan took control of breakaway regionAlmost all …
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Nagorno-Karabakh: dozens feared dead and hundreds injured after fuel depot blast
Medical centres in Stepanakert at capacity after explosion, the cause of which remains unknown Dozens of peopl…
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Myanmar journalist jailed for 20 years for cyclone coverage
Sentencing of Sai Zaw Thaike at one-day trial for treason and defamation shows press freedom has been ‘complet…