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Kim Jong-un says new law guarantees North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons
Leader says North Korea’s nuclear status is now ‘irreversible’, with military allowed to ‘automatically’ use a…
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Pakistan declares floods a ‘climate catastrophe’ as death toll tops 1,000
Flash flooding from ‘monster monsoon’ washes away villages and crops and leaves thousands homelessDeaths from …
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Modi pledges to make India a developed country in 25 years on partition anniversary
PM says ‘self-reliant India is the responsibility of every citizen’ 75 years after end of British ruleThe Indi…
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China sanctions Taiwan officials and stages new military drills after US lawmakers’ Taipei visit
Beijing carries out ‘combat drills’ and acts against seven individuals for allegedly supporting Taiwan indepen…
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Nasa criticises China after space rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth
Beijing accused of being irresponsible after it failed to share data on where Long March 5B booster weighing m…
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Dozens feared dead as ship sinks in South China Sea
At least three people rescued from ship but more than two dozen still missing More than two dozen crew members…
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North Korea’s Covid outbreak likely ‘getting worse’, WHO says
Experts doubt state media claims that the worst is over, as WHO warns of global dangers of letting the virus s…
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India: 27 people killed after fire rips through Delhi office block
Dozens injured as official says building had no fire exit and most died ‘due to asphyxiation’At least 27 peopl…
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Taliban order all Afghan women to cover their faces in public
Decree forces male relatives to police law by making them liable to fines or prison for breaches The Taliban h…
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Kim Jong-un oversees missile test that North Korea claims advances nuclear program
Leader appears well pleased with latest test of what state media reported was a new type of tactical guided we…
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China reports first coronavirus deaths in over a year amid omicron surge
Two deaths reported on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as China continues to pursue ‘zero-Covid’ strat…
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US and allies condemn North Korea over missile test ‘provocations’
Joint statement from US, Japan and South Korea urges Pyongyang to return to negotiations and stop its recent s…
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Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
Crowds brave sub-zero temperatues after Taliban announces it will resume issuing travel documentsHundreds of p…
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Indonesia: death toll rises to 14 after eruption of Semeru volcano
Dozens more injured as highest volcano on densely populated Java island spews huge ash cloud into airRescuers …
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Prince Norodom Ranariddh, former Cambodian PM, dies aged 77
Leader of royalist Funcinpec party was overthrown as prime minister by Hun Sen, who has ruled country as a des…