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Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon’s far side
Science
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that ...
North Korea’s trash rains down onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means
World
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds ...
North Korea fires missile barrage days after failed satellite launch
World
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to ...
Papua New Guinea landslide: More than 670 people killed, UN agency estimates
World
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide ...
South China Sea drills: US, Australian and Philippine forces sink a ship
World
LAOAG, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, ...
Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron
World
TOURMALET PASS, France (AP) — France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private ...
May Day 2024: Workers and activists call for greater labor rights
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with largely peaceful protests Wednesday over rising prices, low wages ...
Lok Sabha election 2024: India votes in phase 2 as PM Modi pushes BJP’s pro-Hindu line
World
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Friday in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections as ...
US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, Israel | Politics News
World
The Democratic-majority Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law. ...
Lok Sabha election 2024: India begins voting in mammoth polls
World
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist ...