Asia Pacific
Massive strike in New Zealand as 100,000 demand better pay and conditions
By Lucy Craymer Reuters More than 100,000 New Zealand teachers, nurses, doctors, firefighters and support staff walked off the job on Thursday ...Japan elects its own ‘Iron Lady’ as first female PM
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI AFP Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, ...Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Qatar talks
By Shrouq TARIQ with Aysha SAFI in Kabul AFP Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, after ...Mongolian parliament removes PM and speaker as political turmoil deepens
Mongolian lawmakers voted to remove the prime minister and parliament speaker on Friday, throwing the resource-rich nation into renewed political turmoil. Zandanshatar ...Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed
Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries ...North Korea’s Kim lauds ruling party as foreign delegations visit for 80th anniversary
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised the legacy of the country’s ruling party in a ...At least 50 bodies recovered after Indonesian school collapse, 13 remain missing
The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has climbed to at least 50 people as rescuers ...Typhoon Bualoi death toll in Vietnam tops 50
The death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in Vietnam rose above 50, the government said Friday, with more than a dozen people still ...Death toll in Philippines earthquake rises, scores injured
BY JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA AP Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other ...Taiwan rescuers battle thick mud to look for missing from Super Typhoon Ragasa
By Joseph Campbell, Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang Reuters Rescue workers in Taiwan battled through thick mud on Friday, looking for 11 ...
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