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Over 700,000 displaced internally in Sudan since mid-April: UN
GENEVA: Heavy fighting in Sudan has led to 700,000 people being internally displaced since the middle of April, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding…
Taiwan holds first training for women reservists
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN: Strapped with gas masks, soldiers crouched on a playground Tuesday with rifles aimed at their target during Taiwan’s first-ever reservist training for women…
ASEAN at a ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia: Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad”, a senior Indonesian minister warned Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a…
How a Japanese farmer produces mangoes that sell for $230 each
Wearing a white tank top inside a foggy greenhouse at his farm in Otofuke on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Hiroyuki Nakagawa plucks ripened…
Australia follows India to ban vaping as it becomes an epidemic among teens
NEW DELHI: As part of a major step to protect public health, the government of Australia has banned vaping due to increased usage among teenagers.Australia…
Canada expels Chinese diplomat over alleged intimidation plan
OTTAWA: Ottawa announced Monday the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat accused of having sought to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing, plunging the two…
Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes
CAIRO: Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s…
Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in armed fighter clashes
CAIRO: At least 100 people were killed in clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive region of Darfur,…
Philippines rescues over 1,000 trafficked in from across Asia to run online scams
MANILA:: Philippine authorities have rescued over a thousand people from several Asian nations who were trafficked into the country, held captive and forced to run…
Sudan paramilitary RSF to attend Jeddah talks with armed forces
RIYADH -Envoys from Sudan‘s warring military factions – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – were in Jeddah for talks on Saturday, Saudi…