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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 ...
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 ...
Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
World
SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he ...
US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will stage drills in South China Sea
World
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare ...
Hong Kong: Law giving government more power to curb dissent passed
World
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to ...
North Korea resume missile test days after South Korea, US end military drills
U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days ...
Taylor Swift steals the show at the ASEAN summit
Entertainment
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader defended his tiny country’s lucrative ...
Afghanistan: The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium
World
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands ...
Yang Hengjun: Australian blogger decides against appealing his Chinese death sentence
World
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with ...
Recession: Japan has lost its spot as the world’s third-largest economy
Business
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind ...