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Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
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BEIJING (AP) — Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles on Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of ...
South Korea approves suspension of military deal over North Korea’s trash-carrying balloons
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Tuesday it fully suspended a contentious military agreement with North Korea in order to ...
India election results 2024: Modi’s BJP ahead but opposition makes inroads
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by ...
Chang’e-6: Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks from the far side of the moon leaves lunar surface
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BEIJING (AP) — China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off ...
India election results 2024 live: BJP-led alliance ahead as Modi eyes win | India Election 2024 News
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Lucknow, India — The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party once dominated the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh – each representing ...
After crackdown on Hong Kong. overseas communities carry the torch of Tiananmen memories alive
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HONG KONG (AP) — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody ...
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon’s far side
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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
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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
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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
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide ...