South Korea police arrests defector trying to cross back to North Korea

YANGON - Myanmar announced a stay-at-home order for its biggest city Yangon after reporting a record daily increase in new cases...

New Zealand to ease coronavirus restrictions in Auckland and rest of the country

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WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the coronavirus restrictions in its biggest city Auckland will be eased, while...

At least 8 dead in Mumbai building collapse, several feared trapped

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MUMBAI - At least eight people were killed in India when a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday...

Philippines’ Duterte eases overseas travel ban on health workers

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MANILA - The Philippines' President has eased an overseas travel ban on Filipino nurses and other medical workers to allow...

India’s Taj Mahal gets first visitors even as coronavirus infections climb

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AGRA, India - India reopened its famed monument to love, the Taj Mahal, with the first visitors trickling in on...

Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia’s Tasmania

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SYDNEY - Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west...

Why is Taiwan-China tension rising and what are the risks?

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TAIPEI - China sent numerous aircraft close to Taiwan during two days of drills from Friday (Sept 18), causing the...

Belgian city finds its former mayor’s heart in a fountain

September 12, 2020

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VERVIERS - For years it was just an urban myth. Then the diggers moved in and found it was true...

The Thai protest leader who emerged with a kiss

September 12, 2020