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‘Tearing down barriers’: North Korean footballers arrive in Seoul for first time in eight years
Naegohyang FC due to play Suwon FC in semi-final of Asian Women’s Champions League on WednesdayA North Korean …
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Health, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘It’s no longer exceptional’: Karachi struggles under brutal new reality of extreme heat
Experts say the unseasonably hot weather across south Asia shows the impact of the climate crisisAn intense an…
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Train collision with bus in Bangkok kills at least eight people – video
At least eight people were killed and 32 others injured in Thailand's capital after a freight train struck a b…
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At least eight people killed in Bangkok rail crossing collision
Thai authorities say 32 others injured near Makkasan station after freight train strikes bus and fire breaks o…
- Biodiversity, Climate crisis, Environment, Europe, Greenpeace, Italy, Maldives, Marine life, World news
Maldives diver dies in operation to recover bodies of Italians from cave
Mohamed Mahudhee suffered decompression sickness after searching for scuba divers in Vaavu Atoll and died in h…
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I ran aid programmes for 25 years – getting my car fixed at an Islamabad market taught me why they don’t work | Mohammad Altaf Afridi
Donors mean well, but in Pakistan I saw funds poured into professional, unaccountable NGOs rather than authent…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Human rights, Jimmy Lai, US news, US politics, World news, Xi Jinping
Trump’s lack of focus on human rights in China is big departure for US diplomacy
Change reflects both transformation of US in Trump era and China’s increasing confidence on world stageAsked b…
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Where is Dela Rosa? Philippine senator outmanoeuvres president in evading arrest
Chaotic week in which enforcer of ‘war on drugs’ flees senate building leaves government looking ‘incompetent’…
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Key points from the Donald Trump-Xi Jinping summit – video analysis
After a much-hyped US-China summit, the leaders of the world’s two biggest powers made no real breakthroughs o…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Trump administration, Trump tariffs, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, US-Israel war on Iran, World news, Xi Jinping
Trump leaves China without breakthroughs on Iran, Taiwan or AI
US president hails ‘fantastic’ deals, but details remain scarce after pageantry and little progress at much-hy…
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Photo of US-China delegation criticized over absence of women: ‘masculine, militarized and exclusionary’
‘Backward’ photo panned for display of patriarchy, signaling that ‘women’s voices don’t matter in shaping glob…
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US reportedly dropped fraud charges against Indian billionaire after he hired Trump’s lawyer
Gautam Adani, richest man in Asia, was accused of conspiring to pay $250m in bribes to Indian government offic…
- China, Taiwan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, World news, Xi Jinping
For anxious Taiwan, Trump’s silence after Xi talks is best possible outcome
Island breathes sigh of relief as fears recede that US could jettison longstanding supportTrump China visit li…
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Canadian officer accused of spying for China acquitted of charges
William Majcher was accused of helping Chinese police coerce a Vancouver-area real estate investor, accused of…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Global economy, International trade, Taiwan, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news, Xi Jinping
Xi warns Trump of ‘clashes and even conflicts’ with US over Taiwan
Trump says China’s president also pledged ‘strongly’ not to send weapons to Iran, after two-hour meeting betwe…