Asia
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Global Times warns of catastrophic consequences if the US launch a strike against Pyongyang, after navy moves strike group to western Pacific
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Scores injured after bullets and shotgun pellets fired as thousands of people storm polling stations in Budgam district
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Secretary of state says ‘President Xi understands the situation has intensified’ as North Korea calls US Syria missile strike an ‘intolerable act of aggression’
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A Taliban health chief says the resumption of a polio vaccination scheme in north Afghanistan does not alter lingering suspicion of the international community
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Spokesman for Nato-led mission says soldier mortally wounded but circumstances of death remain unclear
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Ridhima Pandey, daughter of green activist, urges ministers to reduce emissions to limit impact on younger generations
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In the mining town of Paracale, 350km south of Manila, locals mine for gold by scavenging under the earth and diving into hazardous tunnels
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Rescue workers in Japan are searching for survivors after an avalanche hit a ski field on Monday
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CCTV has emerged of the final movements of the County Donegal woman whose body was found naked and severely beaten in Goa on Tuesday
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Outside the Kazakh capital, Astana, the river snowscape is populated by strange figures. Detroit-based photographer Aleksey Kondratyev investigated and discovered they were ice fishermen, who brave -40C temperatures waiting patiently for their catch
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Hundreds of people celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi in Vrindavan, northern India over the weekend, covering each other in coloured powders and flower petals
New Zealand New Zealand towns hit by 'once in 500-year flood' as storm system sweeps in