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North Korea tests submarine-launched missiles amid rising tensions with South Korea
SEOUL, Oct 15 — North Korea has test-fired two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA said today. The agency said the missiles were fired Wednesday into the […]
Trump sends well wishes to Pope Leo after removal of cancerous lung tumour
BULLHEAD CITY, Oct 15 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he wants to see Pope Leo XIV “get well” after the pontiff underwent surgery in Rome this […]
Aspiring Danes in long and agonising slog to citizenship: ‘We wait, we wait, we wait’
ODENSE (Denmark), Oct 15 — “We wait, we wait, we wait. It’s been going on for years,” laments Syrian technician Ahmad Albokie, who is trying to acquire Danish nationality but […]
‘We want to breathe fresh air’: Indonesians on fire-ravaged island sue Prabowo, officials over haze
PONTIANAK, Oct 14 — Every few years, residents of Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province contend with devastating wildfires that emit a noxious haze causing illnesses, shuttering schools and stifling economic activity. […]
What we know about Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer operation
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 — Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumour surgically removed from his right lung yesterday in a 90-minute operation described as “successful” by the Vatican. Here are […]
‘Nothing but a move to curb dissent’ India ends Jantar Mantar’s status as designated protest site after three decades
NEW DELHI, Oct 14 — For more than three decades, a stretch of road in central New Delhi was where Indians came to be heard, staging rallies to press their demands […]
Indonesia haze spikes pollution in Malaysia and Singapore, shuts Timor-Leste schools
SINGAPORE, Oct 14 — Air pollution in part of Singapore hit the country’s “very high” band today while East Timor shut schools, as haze from forest fires raging in Indonesia […]
Trump says ‘massive’ oil, gas, mineral exploration to begin in Greenland after security deal
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 — US President Donald Trump said today that oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, and hailed the Arctic island’s position for US […]
Overloaded boat capsizes en route to Hindu festival in India, killing 13 children
PATNA (India), Oct 14 — Rescuers dragged out 13 dead children from India’s Ganges river after an overloaded boat capsized en route to a Hindu festival, officials said today, with […]
Vietnam mourns 731 war dead exhumed from Ho Chi Minh City park in largest effort to identify missing soldiers
HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 14 — Vietnam held funeral rites for more than 700 of its war dead today, unearthed in a major push to identify those missing from […]