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At least 18 dead as Typhoon Lekima slams east China
At least 18 people were killed and 16 others missing in a landslide after Typhoon Lekima lashed eastern China, national television reported.US, China step up war of words over Hong Kong
The United States and China have stepped up an increasingly harsh war of words over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, as Beijing ...North Korea conducts new missile tests as Trump backs Kim on war games
North Korea conducted the latest in a series of missile launches to protest US-South Korean war games, just hours after US President ...At least 7 dead as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, ...North Korea fires short-range missiles in latest provocation
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea, complicating efforts to resume stalled nuclear talks with Washington and signalling its anger ...Hunger on the rise worldwide as 821 million affected, says UN
More than 821 million people suffered from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide last year, the United Nations reported -- the third ...Trump becomes 1st sitting US leader to enter North Korea
Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil in a historic first Sunday as he met Pyongyang\'s leader Kim Jong Un in a ...China says Trump, Xi reach trade truce
President Donald Trump declared relations with China were "right back on track" after he and President Xi Jinping sought Saturday to de-escalate ...G20 summit lays bare growing climate change division
Four years after the landmark Paris deal, international consensus on strong action to tackle climate change risks crumbling, with the issue among ...Huge crowds march in Hong Kong, piling pressure on leader
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly clad in black despite the sweltering weather, jammed the city\'s streets Sunday in a ...