Politics
Reading the tree leaves: Why a no-show by China’s No.2 general has speculation running wild
The Chinese military officials in brown uniforms fan out around rows of young trees, shoveling soil into freshly dug pits....
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South Korea’s impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law
South Korea’s highest court has removed embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, ending months of uncertainty and legal wrangling...
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Lights out in paradise: Island nation faces energy ‘disaster’
In the Pacific island nation of Samoa, residents have been grappling with rolling blackouts for weeks that have plunged villages...
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The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown...
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Yoon Suk Yeol: The ‘American Pie’-singing conservative dramatically ousted from office
Declaring martial law in a stable and boisterous democracy was an audacious gamble – and one that backfired spectacularly for...
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Trump publicly backs France’s far-right figurehead Le Pen after her conviction
US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind another embattled far-right European leader, backing Marine Le Pen after French...
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Former Costa Rican president who compared Trump to ‘Roman emperor’ says US has revoked his visa
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the...
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UK police fear serial rapist may have had more than 50 other victims as more women come forward
A serial rapist who was convicted of raping 10 women in the United Kingdom and China last month also attacked...
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DRC president commutes death sentences for 3 Americans convicted in coup attempt
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted of attempting...
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Hungary says it will pull out of ICC as it hosts Israel’s Netanyahu – who is wanted by the court
Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
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