ASEAN offers relief aid to earthquake-hit Morocco
ASEAN has expressed its sorrow over the devastating earthquake in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains in a statement on September 13.
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North Korea’s Kim slams officials over Covid response, deploys army
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:46North Korea’s Kim Jong Un criticised “irresponsible” officials over the country’s pandemic response and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, state media said on May 16, as Seoul offered Covid-19 aid.
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Chinese immigrant attacked US church over ‘hatred of Taiwan’
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:46A Chinese immigrant who padlocked a church and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five others, was motivated by hatred of the island and its people, US investigators said on May 16.
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Philippines’ finance chief Dominguez defends rice import liberalisation law
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:45Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief economic manager warns against moves to repeal the rice tariffication law (RTL), pointing to its benefits to Filipino consumers such as the big reduction in rice prices as more imports we
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Bus crash kills 14 in East Java, Indonesia
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:45At least 14 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed into an advertising sign in Indonesia’s East Java province early on May 16, police said.
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Laos, Vietnam extend cooperation between parliaments
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:44The National Assemblies of Laos and Vietnam have signed an agreement on continued cooperation.
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NATO assures Ukraine open-ended military support against Russians
Mon, 16 May 2022 | 08:43NATO on May 15 pledged open-ended military support for Ukraine, as Finland hailed its “historic” bid to join the alliance and Sweden’s ruling party said it backed a joint membership application.
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Covid-hit Shanghai announces gradual reopening of businesses
Mon, 16 May 2022 | 08:41Shanghai announced a gradual reopening from Monday of businesses, though it remains unclear when the millions of people still locked down in China’s economic capital will finally be allowed out of their homes.
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Somalia elects Hassan Sheik Mohamud for president a second time
Mon, 16 May 2022 | 08:40Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following Sunday’s long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine.
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Joe Biden says hate remains ‘stain on the soul of America’
Mon, 16 May 2022 | 08:40US President Joe Biden offered a potent condemnation of racist extremism Sunday after a murderous rampage in Buffalo, and he called for citizens to end the hate that remains a “stain on the soul of America.”
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Co-op in planning investment helps boost Laos-Vietnam ties
Mon, 16 May 2022 | 08:39Results of cooperation between the Ministries of Planning and Investment, as well as the Cooperation Committees of Laos and Vietnam in recent years have made important contributions to the development of the two countries’ relations, Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Khamjane Vongxa said on
