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South Korea plane crash investigators turn to black boxes in search for vital clues
Experts hope flight recorders will provide answers to key questions surrounding crash in which 179 diedAs inve…
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Xi says China’s economy on course to expand by 5% despite Trump concerns
President seeks to allay fears that world’s second-largest economy will falter in 2025 because of high US tari…
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Kung fu nuns show off martial art skills at monastery reopening in Nepal
Nuns mark opening of Druk Amitabha nunnery with performance, five years after Covid closureAbout a dozen nuns …
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‘Final tragedy’: experts debate role of concrete barriers and runway design in South Korean plane crash
The Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 is believed to have suffered a birdstrike, but analysts doubt that as the single c…
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South Korea plane crash investigations focus on role of airport embankment
Jeju Air flight burst into flames when it hit barrier at end of runway after crash-landing at Muan internation…
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‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea
Gulf province councillor says growing numbers are leaving, in what climate activist describes as a ‘humanitari…
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South Korean court issues arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol
The warrant was sought over Yoon’s controversial and short-lived decision to impose martial law early in Decem…
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Ukraine war briefing: US grants $6bn in aid to Ukraine before Trump inauguration
Aid package includes weapons and economic assistance to pay for critical government services; Ukraine foreign …
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WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on
‘This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ World Health Organization says in statement marking five years si…
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Killed birds, rotting sculpture and a PM’s execution: the Pakistani artists who defied a dictator
A dazzling exhibition of Pakistan’s art and architecture – some of it never before loaned outside the country …
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New Taiwanese boardgame offers chance to battle Chinese invasion
Mizo Games wants players to have a chance to ‘experience war on the tabletop before it reaches us’As families …
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Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025
Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundingsFrom a no…
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Bird strike unlikely to be sole cause of fatal South Korean plane crash, experts say
Even as experts remain puzzled by Jeju Air crash, they are sceptical a bird strike was sole cause of fatal dis…
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South Korea launches safety inspection of all airline operations after Jeju Air crash
Authorities announce investigation as shocked citizens enter second day of official mourningSouth Korea has la…
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Text messages, a mayday and then tragedy: the day flight 7C2216 was lost
Families of the dead and missing struggle to come to terms with disaster that struck Jeju Air plane as it was …