Asia
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Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific
HONIARA, Solomon Islands: Western powers sounded the alarm Thursday over leaked plans to dramatically expand China’s security and economic reach…
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Ferdinand Marcos Jr proclaimed next Philippine president after landslide win
MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr was Wednesday proclaimed the next Philippine president after a landslide win that rights groups and religious…
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Quad nations warn against ‘change by force’
TOKYO: Leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States warned Tuesday against attempts to “change the status quo by…
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Biden gets presidential whiplash
TOKYO: Most people would send an email. But Joe Biden had a document flown to him on one continent from…
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Elderly Hong Kong Catholic cardinal in court over protest defence fund
HONG KONG: Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen appeared in a Hong Kong court Tuesday charged with failing to properly…
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New Australian PM Albanese heads to Tokyo with climate message
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took the oath of office Monday and immediately flew to a Tokyo summit…
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Afghan women presenters cover faces on air
KABUL: Women television presenters on Afghanistan’s leading news channels on Sunday vowed to speak up for their rights after being…
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Australia voters end decade of conservative rule
SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded election defeat Saturday, hours after voters issued a stinging rebuke of his…
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Biden, Yoon signal expanded military drills
SEOUL: US President Joe Biden and South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence in response…
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Thousands of COVID-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantine
BEIJING: Thousands of COVID-negative Beijing residents were relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the…
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North Korea ‘ready for nuclear test’ with Biden due in Seoul
SEOUL: North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul said Thursday, as the United States warned it could…
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Discontent simmers as Okinawa marks 50 years since US rule ended
TOKYO: The Japanese island of Okinawa marks 50 years since the end of US rule Sunday, with discontent simmering about…
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