WORLD NEWS
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329China sent 56 warplanes into Taiwan defense zone on Monday, Taipei says
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said 56 Chinese warplanes made incursions into its air defense identification zone on Monday, the highest number since the island began...
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296Fumio Kishida takes office as Japan’s new Prime Minister
Japan’s Fumio Kishida took office as the country’s new Prime Minister on Monday, tasked with leading the world’s third-largest economy out of the coronavirus...
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428Taiwan rebukes China over record fighter jet incursion
Taiwan accused Beijing of bullying and damaging regional peace Saturday after Chinese fighter jets and bombers made their largest ever incursion into the island’s air defence zone Beijing marked...
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852Trains packed with commuters as Japan fully ends emergency
TOKYO (AP) — Japan fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months...
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613Why China has been hit by power shortages
Blackouts are not that unusual in the country but this year a number of factors have contributed to a perfect storm for...
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393A Taliban founder says cutting off hands as punishment will be ‘necessary for security’
A founder of the Taliban, who became notorious for imposing its harsh rule the last time the militants governed Afghanistan, says the...
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278Japan approaching end of COVID-19 emergency in most areas – health minister
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s COVID-19 infection situation is improving such that emergency conditions could soon be lifted in most parts of the...
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529UK warned Hong Kong critics to avoid China extradition nations: campaigner
A prominent rights campaigner said Thursday Britain had warned him and other Beijing critics to avoid travel to countries that have an...
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542China is deleting its own stars from the Internet
We were promised great things when the U.S. opened trade with communist China. We were told free trade would expose the Middle...
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575What Trudeau’s win means for Canada-U.S. relations
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau’s election win will earn him a congratulatory call from a figure largely forgotten during Canada’s election campaign: President...
