Taiwan: Presidential hopeful Ko charged with corruption
Taiwan’s former presidential candidate Ko Wen-je has been charged for allegedly accepting bribes…
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S Korea MPs file motion to impeach acting president
South Korea’s opposition lawmakers filed a motion to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, less…
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Twenty years on: ‘My boat was metres from the shore when the tsunami hit’
Boxing Day, 2004. When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed towards…
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South Korea: Yoon defies second summons over martial law decree
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has defied a summons to appear for questioning over his…
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Palestinian Christians struggle to find hope at Christmas
The little town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank has good reason to consider itself the capital…
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Dozens killed as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Dozens of people have died after a passenger plane crashed with 67 people on board in Kazakhstan, local…
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Russian ship under US sanctions sinks after engine room blast
A Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, has sunk in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria after an explosion…
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Scientists unearth 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains
Russian scientists unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth in thawing permafrost in Siberia’s…
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Indian fans fed up with paying top prices for stinking toilets and traffic jams at concerts
When Amrita Kaur decided to attend Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in India this month,…
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North Korean: Over 1K soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine war
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine,…
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