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China’s Weibo blocks ‘Taiwan election’ hashtag after it starts trending with 163.2mn post views

  • 2024-01-13 15:56:19

Taiwan Election was one of the highest trending topics on Weibo after the elections opened earlier in the day - at one point showing up...

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Japan earthquake: Freezing temperatures and heavy rain hamper relief work

  • 2024-01-03 16:51:13

Some people are reported missing and search dogs joined military personnel and firefighters who are trying to find them, although the exact ...

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Powerful earthquake jolts Japan: Indian Embassy sets up emergency control room

  • 2024-01-01 15:21:57

Tsunami waves over a metre high hit central Japan after a series of powerful earthquakes damaged homes and closed highways 

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UK slams China over incidents in South China Sea against Philippines

  • 2023-12-12 05:00:13

A spokesperson at the Chinese embassy in London said Beijing firmly opposes and strongly condemns the UKs groundless accusations 

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Hundreds of North Korean defectors were sent back by China...then they disappeared: Report

  • 2023-12-07 18:43:14

The report claims that on October 9, the defectors were transported in guarded buses and vans from Chinese detention centres

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‘Only a matter of time’: Israeli forces close in on Hamas co-founder Yahya Sinwar

  • 2023-12-07 12:54:12

Israelis assume Yahya Sinwar is hiding underground somewhere in Gaza, negotiating with world powers over hostage releases.

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Buildings evacuated as earthquake felt in Philippine capital

  • 2023-12-05 14:26:12

The Philippines seismology agency said on X social media platform that it did not expect damage, but warned of aftershocks

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Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr tested positive for COVID-19

  • 2023-12-05 10:56:57

The Presidential Communications Office said on its Facebook page Marcos will isolate for five days. The statement did not indicate when he t...

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China slams US for 'illegally' entering waters near disputed Second Thomas Shoal

  • 2023-12-04 15:26:27

Chinese military on Monday followed the entire operation. Beijing said that the deliberate stirring up of the South China Sea by the Un...

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11 climbers die in volcanic eruption in Indonesia, search ops halted due to lava discharge

  • 2023-12-04 08:54:54

The 2,891-metre-high volcano spewed ash as high as 3 km (9,843 ft) into the air, prompting the authorities to raise an alert to the second-h...

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Pregnant woman among two dead, nine still missing after earthquake in Philippines

  • 2023-12-03 15:39:05

The first tremor hit the Philippines second-largest island of Mindanao late Saturday with 7.6 magnitude, according to the US Geological Surv...

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‘Drunk’ Thai groom shoots wife, three others at wedding reception, then kills self

  • 2023-11-27 18:27:30

Suksuk got drunk during the celebrations, went to his car and returned with his pistol. He shot dead the bride, her 62-year-old mother and 3...

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Crime drama-obsessed South Korean woman who murdered ‘out of curiosity’ jailed for life

  • 2023-11-26 17:10:34

Jung Yoo-jung, 23, who is a loner and lives with her grandfather, had been looking for targets for months using a tutoring app. She wanted t...

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South Korean court orders Japan to compensate women who worked as sex slaves for Japanese troops

  • 2023-11-23 19:06:51

The Seoul High Court overturned the lower court’s order in 2021 that had dismissed the case citing sovereign immunity—a concept under intern...

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Fukushima wastewater release: PM Fumio Kishida says China agreed to discuss Japanese seafood ban

  • 2023-11-18 19:20:08

Fumio Kishida discussed the issue with Xi when he met him in the US on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific economic leaders s...

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Indonesian woman jailed for eating pork after reciting Islamic phrase, and then posting on TikTok

  • 2023-09-21 10:28:03

Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country, forbids eating pork and those found guilty can also be tried under blasphemy laws

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Head of China's largest insurance firm sentenced to life in jail amid crackdown on corruption

  • 2023-09-13 18:09:46

The court found Wang guilty of accepting approximately 325 million yuan ($44.6 million) in bribes and concealing overseas deposits worth 56....

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Japan's new cabinet reflects PM Kishida's focus on foreign, defence and gender balance

  • 2023-09-13 17:07:14

Kishida said the new defence minister will be Minoru Kihara, a pro-Taiwan politician who has visited the democratically-governed island in t...

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China's Defence Minister Li Shangfu goes missing amid leadership shake-up

  • 2023-09-11 20:21:02

During a recent inspection in Chinas northeastern region, President Xi Jinping underscored the importance of unity and stability within the ...

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