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Russian media have posted video of Vladimir Putin welcoming Kim Jong-un to the Vostochny cosmodrome on Wednesday, surrounded by officials and photographers. Kim thanked Putin for the invitation to visit Russia, ‘despite being busy’, while Putin said: ‘…
North Korean state media released images of Kim Jong-un on his armoured train before he departed for a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia. Putin, already in Russia’s far east for an economic forum in Vladivostok, was evasive when asked what the lead…
Rishi Sunak has said he told the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, at the G20 summit that actions aiming to undermine British democracy are unacceptable. The prime minister said he was emphatic that ‘actions which seek to undermine British democracy are compl…
Beijing has rejected allegations that it spied on the UK’s parliament, after the arrest of a man accused of spying. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson told London to stop ‘its anti-China political manipulation and malicious smear’.A man who works as…
Streets flooded in a south-eastern China city after storms from Typhoon Haikui made landfall on Tuesday. Strong currents of muddy water flowed around vehicles stranded on streets in Yongtai county in the coastal province of Fujian, where several areas …
Haikui swept across Taiwan after making landfall on Sunday, leaving tens of thousands of households without power. The typhoon, the first to directly hit Taiwan in four years, forced thousands of residents to evacuate in the south and east of the islan…
Isro, the Indian space agency, has released footage of the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram completing a hop experiment, shortly after the spacecraft made a historic landing on the moon’s south poleIndia’s south pole moon landing is big business for global …
Typhoon Saola has made landfall in southern China after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong. Thousands of trees were felled and boats sank in the city’s harbour. Nearly 900,000 people had been evacuated in Hong Kong and China while business, tr…
India has launched a spacecraft towards the sun in the latest mission of its ambitious space programme. The launch comes a week after the country’s successful unmanned moon landing. Aditya-L1 launched with a live broadcast, showing the vessel making it…
China has issued the highest flood warning as Typhoon Saola continued its journey toward the country’s south-eastern coast. The storm has clocked wind speeds of up to 209km/h threatening major urban areas including Hong Kong and Guangdong. Rail and air…
India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a moment that drew cheers at parties around the country. Chandrayaan-3, which means ‘mooncraft’ in Sanskrit, put down its Vikram lander shortly aft…
Commandos in Pakistan have rescued two children from a stranded chairlift where seven children and one teacher had been left hanging 274 metres (900ft) above a ravine after a cable snapped. The children, who have been stranded since 7am local time (020…
Six children and two teachers were trapped in a chairlift hanging 274 metres (900ft) above a ravine in Pakistan after a cable snapped. Officials said a helicopter rescue mission was being carried out but that high winds were making it difficult. The ch…
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra landed at Bangkok airport after more than 15 years in exile. Thaksin appeared with his three children and waved at the media after his jet landed at Don Muang airport, with local media broadcasting li…
A resident of Nagorno-Karabakh filmed empty supermarket shelves as reports show it has become harder to access food, medicines and other essential supplies as an Azerbaijani blockade of the breakaway region drags into its ninth month.Karabakh is intern…