TAIPEI – Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has built “enormous” military bases on three islands surrounding Taiwan’s main holding in…
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TORONTO – Some of Canada’s biggest banks have for the first time said their green financing efforts may not necessarily curtail emissions growth, after…
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LONDON – The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by…
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WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of…
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NEW YORK – Several social media companies were ordered by a New York state judge to face four lawsuits seeking to hold them…
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HANOI – Vietnamese prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast…
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CAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON — Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now…
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SEOUL — The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade,…
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Bangladesh, Pakistan and India remain the world’s smoggiest countries in 2023, air quality data show
SINGAPORE — Pakistan remained one of the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh and India replaced Chad and Iran,…
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TOKYO – Japan welcomed 2.79 million visitors in February, a record for the month and the most for any month since the COVID-19…