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‘U-Turn’ Storm Fears After Scores Killed
Tropical Storm Trami has left a deadly toll in the Philippines, where at least 65 people have been killed in landslides and extensive flooding in the northern and central regions…
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Canada-India diplomatic row over Sikh activist’s assassination grows as top diplomats are expelled
Toronto — Canada and India have expelled each other's senior diplomats in a growing diplomatic standoff sparked by the murder of a prominent Canadian Sikh activist last year. The tit-for-tat expulsions…
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North Korea Blows Up Roads in Ominous Move Against South Korea
Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! North Korea has blown up parts of roads and railway lines heading for the border dividing the peninsula, according to South Korea's military, as tense…
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U.S., Australian and British defense chiefs meet as AUKUS alliance sharpens focus on China deterrence
London — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in London this week to discuss progress made by the U.S., Britain and Australia toward their shared goal of deterring China's increasingly assertive…
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Moo Deng the baby hippo finds fame as a small Thai zoo’s online “bouncy pork” sensation
Chonburi, Thailand — Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting…
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Python squeezes Thai woman in her kitchen for 2 hours before she’s rescued by police
Bangkok — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see…
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Typhoon Yagi Death Toll Passes 500 as Floods and Landslides Hit Myanmar
As Southeast Asia continues to grapple with the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, the region's death toll has surged past 500, with Myanmar bearing the brunt of the latest casualties.On Tuesday,…
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Typhoon Bebinca slams Shanghai, China, sparking evacuation of more than 400,000 people
Taipei, Taiwan — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since at least 1949 flooded roads with water and broken tree branches, knocked out power to some homes and injured at least…
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Flight attendants reveal the common passenger behaviour that drives them mad – it’s bad news if you’re a button presser
\FLIGHT attendants have revealed the common passenger behaviour that really drives them mad – it’s not good news for those who like to press buttons.The call button above your seat…
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Typhoon Shanshan weakens to tropical storm over Japan, but 3 deaths confirmed as it churns slowly north
Tokyo — A powerful storm lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as it started a crawl up the length of the archipelago…