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Former Canadian diplomat detained in China: sources
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India elections: Should Narendra Modi be worried?
India's ruling Hindu nationalist BJP has accepted defeat in key state elections. So is Congress, India's Grand Old Party, finally back in the reckoning?
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China’s fury as arrest shocks the world
China has demanded the release of a female executive from its tech giant Huawei who was arrested in a case that compounds tensions with the US and threatens to derail global trade talks.
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Secret North Korean Missile Base Detected
"Whatever Kim says about his desire for denuclearization, North Korea continues to produce and deploy nuclear armed missiles," he told CNN.
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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to call temporary truce in trade war
Donald Trump has struck a $200 billion deal with China over a meal of grilled sirloin and malbec wine with the Chinese president.
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North Korea 'tests new high-tech weapon'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the successful test of a new "high-tech" tactical weapon, state-run media say.
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North Korea’s secret nuclear bases
Donald Trump said he had snuffed out North Korea’s nuclear threat. But new satellite images have revealed hidden mountain bases.
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China opens mega-bridge linking Hong Kong to mainland
In Zhuhai, however, sentiments revolved around economic growth and national pride.
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S Korea ‘subservient’ to the North
SOUTH Korean President Moon Jae-in faces a major backlash after confirming a reconciliation deal with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
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Taiwan train derailment in Yilan County kills at least 22
At least 22 people have been killed and 170 injured in a passenger train derailment in north-east Taiwan.
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Trump says Chinese 'lived too well for too long'
US President Donald Trump has said his trade policies have hurt China's economy, adding: "I have a lot more to do."
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North Korea's Kim 'ready' to allow nuclear inspections, says Pompeo
International inspectors will be allowed into North Korea's dismantled nuclear testing site, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, after a meeting with Kim Jong-un in which he said "significant progress" was made towards denuclearisation.
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China confirms missing Interpol chief Meng Hongwei is being held 'under monitoring'
She said she has had no further contact with him since the message that was sent on September 25.
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Pompeo to head to North Korea for new Kim meeting
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will pay a fresh visit to North Korea on Sunday and meet leader Kim Jong Un as the administration's hopes rise of a denuclearization deal, the State Department said.
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Indonesia quake: Desperate survivors loot shops as victims buried in mass graves
DESPERATE survivors of the Indonesian quake and tsunami have been looting shops and petrol stations as victims of the disaster are buried in mass graves. WARNING: Graphic images
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'North Korea process stalled because there's almost a consensus in the US wanting it to fail'
North Korea is right to blame internal American politics for the lack of denuclearization progress, because almost everyone around the US president wants it to fail, Brian Becker from the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition told RT.
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Indonesia tsunami: Rescuers dig through rubble for survivors
Rescuers have been digging by hand in the frantic search for survivors in the Indonesian city of Palu, which is reeling from an earthquake and tsunami.
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Indonesian Teen Survives 49 Days at Sea by Drinking Filtered Seawater and Catching Fish
An Indonesian teenager spent 49 days at sea in a fishing hut before he was spotted by a Panamanian-flagged vessel.
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The Indian policewoman who stopped WhatsApp mob killings
Something unusual happened when dusk fell in early summer in more than 400 villages in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
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US military blocks proposed railway linking North & South Korea
US military officials have put the brakes on a proposed rail project that would connect the Korean Peninsula, underscoring growing differences between Washington and Seoul on engagement with the hermit kingdom.
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