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China balloon soaring over U.S. deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw
The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned ...Chinese spy balloon flies over the United States, Pentagon says
A Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, U.S. officials said on ...Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia
Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search ...Thirteen crew rescued after ship sinks off Japan, search on for 9 missing
Thirteen crew members were rescued on Wednesday from a cargo ship that sank off southwestern Japan during fierce winter winds, ...Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had “no more in the tank” to ...Millions of Chinese workers on the move ahead of Friday travel peak
Millions of urban workers were on the move across China on Wednesday ahead of the expected Friday peak of its ...China’s population drops for first time since 1961, highlights demographic crisis
China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark ...One year after volcanic blast, many of Tonga’s reefs lay silent
One year on from the massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific, the island nation of Tonga ...China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID
Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders ...Afghan hospital wards fill with children suffering from pneumonia
In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled ...