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China sends military aircraft into Taiwan after Biden signs defense bill supporting Taiwan

12/26/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

From Ministry of Defense, Taiwan: From the NYT: China sent a record number of military aircraft to menace self-ruled Taiwan in a large show of force to the Biden administration, signaling that Beijing wants to MORE

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China Seeks to End Extraordinary Covid Protests

11/28/2022 PMSwithESP 0

Officials in China are seeking to end historic protests of Covid lockdowns in China over the weekend. The weekend’s uprising poses an unprecedented political challenge for Chinese President Xi Jinping, as crowds called for him MORE

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Xi Jinping signals continued iron fist control during Communist Party Congress speech today

10/16/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Chinese leader Xi Jinping signaled Sunday that his government would maintain policies that have put it at odds with the U.S. and other nations and deepened Communist Party control of the economy and society. Many MORE

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Swastika-wearing ex-pupil kills 15 in Russian school shooting 

09/26/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

The Investigative Committee said that of the 24 people wounded, all but two were children. Regional governor Alexander Brechalov said surgeons had carried out a number of operations. A gunman with a swastika on his MORE

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Nigerian Officials Intercept 7,000 Smuggled Donkey Penises at International Airport

09/08/2022 Surley 0

The donkey penises were being smuggled to Hong Kong in 16 sacks but customs officers at Murtala Muhammed airport in the Nigerian city of Lagos intercepted the packages. Sambo Dangaladima, the customs controller at the MORE

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Nancy Pelosi Arrives In Taiwan, Raising China Tensions

08/02/2022 Surley 0

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China MORE

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China ultramarathon: inquiry launched after 21 runners die in cold weather

05/25/2021 Rachel Kennedy 0

Race organizers accused of not heeding warnings after rain, hail, and gale-force winds forecast across Gansu province Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into the death of 21 people in an ultramarathon over the weekend, as family MORE

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Facing Chinese invasion fleet, Rodrigo Duterte kneels before Xi

03/22/2021 Community 0

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is called a “strongman,” and he likes the title. But he’s anything but strong. Duterte’s fake tough-man persona was again proved on Monday as China invaded waters in the Philippines’ exclusive MORE

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Rooster Fitted With Blade for Cockfight Kills its Owner in India

02/27/2021 Surley 0

Inflicts Fatal Injuries to Man’s Groin! The bird had a knife attached to its leg ready to take on an opponent when it inflicted serious injuries to the man’s groin as it tried to escape, MORE

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Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intel on alleged Chinese bounties

12/31/2020 Rachel Kennedy 0

The Trump administration is declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, recently briefed to President Trump, that indicates China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, two senior administration officials tell Axios. The big MORE

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One person dead and 200 others hospitalized because of an unidentified illness in southern India

12/07/2020 Ms. G 0

Because COVID-19 is not enough… At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday. The illness MORE

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Three Indian soldiers die as China and India bang heads in the Himalayas

06/16/2020 Community 0

Three members of India’s armed forces have been killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese soldiers on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian army has said in a statement.  The deaths are the first loss MORE

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China Says Sudden Jump in Wuhan Coronavirus Death Toll Is Due to Statistical Verification, Not Cover Up

04/18/2020 CrazyEyes 0

A senior Chinese official has defended a sudden increase in the coronavirus death toll in the central city of Wuhan, putting the spike down to standard statistical analysis and once again denying any suggestion of MORE

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Beijing faces a diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China causes outrage

04/14/2020 CrazyEyes 0

(CNN) Beijing is facing a diplomatic crisis in Africa after reports of alleged coronavirus-related discrimination against African nationals in China sparked widespread anger across the continent.African students and expatriates in the southern Chinese city of MORE

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China Records Most Daily Coronavirus Cases Since March 5 As Cities in Province Bordering Russia Impose Lockdown Rules

04/14/2020 CrazyEyes 0

China has reported more than 100 new coronavirus infections on one day, the highest daily number since March 5. A total of 108 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country’s mainland on Sunday, MORE

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Hong Kong appeared to have the coronavirus under control, then it let its guard down

03/23/2020 CrazyEyes 0

Hong Kong (CNN) Only a week ago, Hong Kong seemed like a model for how to contain the novel coronavirus, with a relatively small number of cases despite months of being on the front lines MORE

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China Is Avoiding Blame by Trolling the World

03/19/2020 CrazyEyes 0

The evidence of China’s deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record. In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and allowing it to spread unchecked MORE

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Japanese flu drug could be effective in treating coronavirus, report says

03/18/2020 CrazyEyes 0

Chinese medical authorities have claimed a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appears to be effective for those infected with the coronavirus, Japan’s state broadcaster NHK reported. Zhang Xinmin, director of MORE

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Life in China Has Not Returned to Normal, Despite What the Government Says

03/18/2020 CrazyEyes 0

Over seven years as a media executive living in Asia, Brian Lee has made the two-hour hop from Seoul to Shanghai more times than he can remember. But his last flight, on March 9, will MORE

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Japan’s PM Abe Suspends K-12 Public School Activities

02/27/2020 Community 0

The prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has closed all K-12 public school and special needs school activities from March second until the end of the school year, in about two weeks.  He cites the MORE

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‘Namaste Trump:’ Trump promises bigly trade deal at bigly rally in India

02/24/2020 Ms. G 0

 Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium on Monday, promising “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared military equipment on the planet” at MORE

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Donnie’s Excellent India Adventure

02/24/2020 Community 0

The visit comes as India’s economy is under strain and unemployment is high. Mr Modi is facing criticism at home and abroad over Kashmir and a controversial law that fast-tracks citizenship to non-Muslim religious minorities from three MORE

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Delhi election losses could result in the beginning of the end for PM Modi

02/12/2020 Community 0

Within hours of vote-counting in high-stake New Delhi state elections, it quickly became clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was facing a major defeat by the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). […] MORE

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Thai soldiers killed 20, wounded dozens in Terminal 21 shopping mall shooting spree

02/08/2020 Ms. G 0

Jakraphanth Thomma, a junior officer, killed his commanding officer before stealing weapons from a military camp on Saturday afternoon, a defence spokesperson told BBC Thai. The suspect, whose motives remain unclear, then drove to a MORE

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Hong Kong’s Sticky-Note Revolution

01/27/2020 Rachel Kennedy 0

In 2019, as anti-government protests spread throughout Hong Kong, more than 100 Lennon Walls, covered in sticky notes and other creative displays, appeared around the city. Like the rivers of protesters flowing through Hong Kong’s urban MORE

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