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A man holds the South Korea flag outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 4, 2024, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.

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  • World

South Korea's president says he will lift his martial law declaration

After South Korean lawmakers voted to reverse President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of "emergency martial law," Yoon announced that he would lift the order through a Cabinet meeting.

December 03, 2024
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By:
  • Vincent Ni and
  • Se Eun Gong
Part of 2500 panda sculptures are displayed at the Hong Kong International Airport during a welcome ceremony of the panda-themed exhibition "Panda Go!" in Hong Kong, on Monday.

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  • Asia

Hong Kong launches panda sculpture tour as the city hopes the bear craze boosts tourism

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park.

December 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu is seen in this undated image provided by his family on November 29, 2024.

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  • World

China sentences veteran journalist on espionage charges

Longtime state media journalist Dong Yuyu met often with journalists and diplomats. His family believes he is now being persecuted for those exchanges.

November 29, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard along roadside to ensure security in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday.

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  • World

Pakistani security forces push Imran Khan supporters out of capital in overnight raid

The operation came hours after thousands of Khan supporters broke through a barrier of shipping containers blocking off Islamabad and clashed with security forces.

November 27, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Harrison Li holds a photo of his father, Kai Li, on Jan. 23, 2024, in Palo Alto, California.

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  • World

China has freed 3 Americans following an apparent prisoner swap deal with the U.S.

In a statement, the State Department said all the "wrongfully detained" Americans in China are now home.

November 27, 2024
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen and
  • John Ruwitch
Supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, burn bushes to reduce the impact of tear gas shells fired by police officers to disperse them during a rally demanding Khan's release, at a motorway in Ghazi in Attock district, Pakistan on Sunday.

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  • World

Supporters of ousted Pakistani leader clash with police, at least six people killed

Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and at least one person has died in clashes.

November 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers Hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, on Friday.

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  • Asia

6 tourists in Laos have died after drinking tainted alcohol

Tourists from the U.S., Australia, Denmark and the U.K. have died. A tourism police officer said a "number of people" had been detained in the case but that no charges have yet been filed.

November 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Guardians gather in front of the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Nov. 17, 2024, a day after a stabbing attack took place.

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  • Asia

A surge in mass attacks has killed dozens in China in recent months

Dozens of people have been killed in China in the past three months in a series of mass attacks. The latest on Tuesday saw primary school students injured by a car as they arrived for classes.

November 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People leave the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, following the sentencing in national security case.

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  • Asia

Dozens sentenced for up to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong national security case

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to a decade behind bars after it ruled in a landmark legal case that they had broken a national security law implemented by Beijing.

November 19, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
This photo provided by the MDRRMO Viga Catanduanes, shows damaged houses caused by Typhoon Man-yi in Viga, Catanduanes province, northeastern Philippines Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.

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  • Asia

Typhoon Man-yi lashes the Philippines, displacing hundreds of thousands

A powerful typhoon forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday.

November 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions at their last meeting

The leaders agreed that humans should control decisions to use nuclear weapons — not AI. And they talked about the importance of stability during the transition to a new U.S. administration.

November 16, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
A woman rushes a child to the emergency ward after a fire broke out in a neonatal intensive care unit at Jhansi Medical College hospital in Jhansi, India, on Friday.

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  • Asia

Fire engulfs a hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies

A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said.

November 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A kite maker in Amritsar, India, displays a kite with an image of Donald Trump on Nov. 6.

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  • World

Trump claims he can bring peace to the world. In India, many believe him

The world's most populous country has consistently favorable views of U.S. President-elect Trump. In a Pew Research Center poll, 42% of Indians, including 51% of men, said they had confidence in him.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Anupama Chandrasekaran
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a farewell ceremony upon Putin's departure at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on June 19.

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  • World

The treaty between Russia and North Korea signals a new era on 2 continents

The recently signed mutual defense treaty could be used to justify thewidening of the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. says North Korean and Russian troops are already battling Ukrainian forces.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
People's Liberation Army soldiers stand guard in Tiananmen Square at the end of the flag-raising ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, on Oct. 1.

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  • Perspective

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China

There's a police check to exit the subway, another to get in line, a third while standing in line, and metal detectors and X-ray machines before you finally reach the Beijing landmark.

November 15, 2024
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  • John Ruwitch
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