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Hiroshima marks 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing in WWII

TOKYO -- Hiroshima has marked the 73rd anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid ho...

Aug 6, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Powerful quake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island, 82 dead

MATARAM, Indonesia -- A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 82 people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another quake on Lombok k...

Aug 6, 2018
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Hong Kong press club pressured by Beijing to cancel talk

Hong Kong's leader joined mainland China Sunday in urging the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club to cancel a planned speech by a Hong Kong independence advocate whose party is threatened with a ban....

Aug 5, 2018
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[Graphic News] Terrorism soars in Europe

Terrorist attacks on European targets more than doubled last year, Europe's police agency said, warning that the risk of more unsophisticated attacks by the Islamic State group "remains acute." La...

Aug 2, 2018
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UK court ruling seen as landmark in right-to-die cases

Supreme Court in Parliament Square in London. (UK Supreme Court) LONDON (AP) -- Britain's highest court has ruled that the family of a patient in a persistently vegetative state does not need to see...

Jul 30, 2018
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EU says Cambodia vote 'lacks credibility'

BRUSSELS (AFP) -- The European Union on Monday said elections in Cambodia that handed strongman Hun Sen full control of parliament lacked credibility and did not reflect the will of the people. "Th...

Jul 30, 2018
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Laos to work with Korea, Thailand on dam investigation: prime minister

VIENTIANE, Laos -- The government will work with the countries whose companies are stakeholders in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower project to investigate the cause of the collapse of the project’s s...

Jul 30, 2018
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Cambodia ruling party claims 'huge victory' in vote decried as 'sham'

Cambodia's ruling party said it had won a landslide in Sunday's one-horse election, an expected outcome after the main opposition was banned paving the way for leader Hun Sen to prolong his 33 years ...

Jul 30, 2018
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Lawmakers try to stop the spread of 3D guns

WASHINGTON -- Dozens of US legislators are demanding that the Trump administration explain a recent agreement to allow the free distribution of plans for using 3D printers to make plastic handguns th...

Jul 29, 2018
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At least 10 dead, 40 hurt as 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A shallow, magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed at least 10 people and injured 40 on Indonesia's Lombok Island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials sai...

Jul 29, 2018
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CBS looks into misconduct claims amid report on CEO Moonves

CBS said Friday it is investigating personal misconduct claims after the company's chief executive, Les Moonves, was the subject of a New Yorker story detailing sexual misconduct allegations. The me...

Jul 28, 2018
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[Graphic News] UN warns of AIDS rebound risk as flat funding threatens gains

Almost 3 in 5 people infected with HIV, or 21.7 million globally, took antiretroviral therapy in 2017 -- a new record for anti-AIDS drug access, the UN‘s AIDS agency said last week. There were 36.9 ...

Jul 26, 2018
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Explosion reported outside the US Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING -- A fire or possible explosion appears to have taken place outside the US Embassy in Beijing on Thursday. A woman was reportedly detained after spraying gasoline on herself, according to off...

Jul 26, 2018
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Hundreds missing after hydroelectric dam collapses in Laos

A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, leaving an unknown number of people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government officials r...

Jul 24, 2018
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[Graphic News] Singapore Airlines named world's best airline

Singapore Airlines was named the best carrier in the world, according to SkyTrax, which surveys more than 20 million fliers every year. It was also named the best in first-class. This is the fourt...

Jul 23, 2018
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