Asia
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Fears of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis are giving way to concerns over atomic attack following multiple missile tests conducted by Pyongyang
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Vehicle plunges into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir state, site of annual pilgrimage to Himalayan cave
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March is only large-scale commemoration for dissident in China, with Hong Kong maintaining freedoms non-existent elsewhere
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Members of an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan have been granted visas to travel to the US for a competition.
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Sri Lankan navy drag animal back to shore after it got caught in a current off the coast near the town of Kokkilai
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Court finds Nawaz Sharif’s daughter in 2006 disclosed link to firm named in Panama Papers, but disclosure was typed in font not available until 2007
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A wild elephant struggling at sea is found by the Sri Lankan navy, off the country’s northeast coast near Kokkilai
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A deluge of rain across Asia has forced 1.6 million people to evacuate their homes in central China alone
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Army personnel and civilians gather at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate the successful test launch of intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-14 on 4 July
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China’s only operating aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong for the first time to commemorate 20 years since the region’s handover from Britain to China
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Chinese president Xi Jinping officially presents two giant pandas to Berlin’s zoo on Wednesday
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Barista Lee Kang-bin is taking coffee art to the next level, recreating miniatures of famous paintings, including Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, on foamy cups of java at his central Seoul cafe
As Japan falls out of love with sake, the world orders another glass