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Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power after monkey causes islandwide outage
Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to…
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Frosty face-off: 120 teams throw down in epic Japanese snowball tournament
More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in…
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Ten million Indians take holy dip on key day of Kumbh Mela festiva
More than 10 million devout Hindus seeking absolution from their sins took a dip in holy waters in northern India during a…
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Philippine Congress impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte
The Philippine lower house on Wednesday impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former leader, setting…
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Russia, seeking to keep bases in Syria, says it held ‘frank’ talks with new leader
Russia said on Wednesday it had held “frank” discussions with Syria’s new de facto leader as it tries to retain…
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More than seven killed in stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern…
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Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on…
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North Korea suspected of preparing to send more troops to Russia, Seoul says
South Korea’s military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to…
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Thailand holds its first same-sex weddings, targets record registrations
Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to…
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Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon’s detention
Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his…
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