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Experts locate bodies of four missing Italian divers inside Maldives cave
Spokesperson for Indian Ocean island nation says they will try to recover explorers in next couple of daysResc…
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Xi prepares to welcome Putin to China four days after hosting Trump
Chinese state media say Beijing emerging as ‘focal point of global diplomacy’ with Russian leader arriving on …
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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…
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Donald Trump does ‘not feel optimistic’ for Jimmy Lai after speaking with Xi Jinping
Family and supporters had hoped the US president could help free the 78-year-old British citizen during summit…
- 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…
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Trump asks if Xi brings other presidents to secret garden during private tour – video
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, gave the US president, Donald Trump, a tour of Beijing’s walled-off Zhongna…
- 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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‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India – podcast
Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linke…