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North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits military factories including missile plant
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits military factories including missile plant

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile production plant, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim “expressed…

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Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan, South Korea; another storm looms
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Typhoon Khanun lashes southern Japan, South Korea; another storm looms

TOKYO/SEOUL: Flights were cancelled and trains halted on Wednesday as heavy rain from Typhoon Khanun pounded southern regions of Japan and South Korea, just as…

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Typhoon Khanun forces Japan atomic bomb commemorations inside
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Typhoon Khanun forces Japan atomic bomb commemorations inside

TOKYO: Typhoon Khanun was on course Monday to dump prolonged, heavy rain on one of Japan’s main islands this week, forecasters said, forcing commemorations of…

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Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries
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Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries

TOKYO: The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is…

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Beijing: Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths
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Beijing: Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths

ZHUOZHOU: China’s capital recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region,…

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Beijing: Beijing sees heaviest rainfall in 140 yrs, 21 die in severe flooding
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Beijing: Beijing sees heaviest rainfall in 140 yrs, 21 die in severe flooding

ZHUZHOU: China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days after being deluged with heavy rains from…

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Beijing: Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths
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Beijing: Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths

ZHUZHOU: China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days after being deluged with heavy rains from…

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Explainer: What caused the record rainfall in Beijing and northern China?
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Explainer: What caused the record rainfall in Beijing and northern China?

BEIJING: Extreme rain battered Beijing, Tianjin and the province of Hebei in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri in late July, causing widespread flooding and damage…

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Khanun: Typhoon Khanun knocks out power in southern Japan
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Khanun: Typhoon Khanun knocks out power in southern Japan

TOKYO: One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday as a typhoon appproached packing powerful winds…

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