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China’s Xi tipped for North Korea visit amid renewed Trump-Kim diplomacy talk
SEOUL, May 21 — Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea as early as next week and will try to act as a mediator between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, South Korea’s Yonhap
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Hair today, bomb scare tomorrow: Laser beauty gadget sparks Australia airport panic
SYDNEY, May 21 — A bomb disposal unit was called to an Australian airport today — only to find the suspicious object was a laser hair removal device. Avalon airport in Victoria state was partially evacuated in the early hours
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Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha’s condition worsens after multiple infections, royal palace says
BANGKOK, May 21 — The medical condition of Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha has worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with physicians unable to contain her irregular heart rate, the Royal Palace said in a statement today. The
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US needs to ‘put its footprint back on Greenland’, says Trump envoy
NUUK, May 21 — The US special envoy to Greenland, the Arctic island coveted by President Donald Trump, told AFP yesterday that Washington needs to rebuild its presence in the Danish autonomous territory. At the height of the Cold War,
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Colosseum selfies, ‘Melody’ toffee and trade: Modi visits Rome
ROME, May 21 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met yesterday in talks to strengthen ties and boost trade, a day after a night-time tour of the Colosseum. It was the first bilateral visit
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US doctor infected with Ebola in Congo flown to Germany for treatment, family placed in isolation
BERLIN, May 21 — A US doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been admitted to a German hospital that will also admit his family as contact cases, health officials told AFP yesterday. The patient —
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Three Thais arrested in Ecuador over alleged trafficking of rare Galapagos iguanas
QUITO, May 21 — Ecuadoran police arrested three Thai nationals suspected of illegally trafficking 12 rare iguanas, the energy and environment ministry said yesterday. Marine Galapagos iguanas are native to Ecuador’s cherished Galapagos archipelago, a tourist gem located about 1,000km
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Trump left Beijing without breakthroughs, Putin left with warm words and new deals
BEIJING, May 21 — President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia’s “unyielding” ties in talks with Vladimir Putin yesterday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump’s own visit to Beijing. The two countries’ ties have
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Myanmar military claims recapture of Thai border town after two-week offensive
YANGON, May 20 — Myanmar’s military claimed today to have recaptured a town on the Thai border, expanding the frontier trade crossings it claims to control in the grinding civil war. The southern Myanmar border town of Mawtaung is a
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Taiwan president Lai says ‘foreign forces’ cannot decide island’s future
TAIPEI, May 20 — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said today that “foreign forces” cannot decide the future of the democratic island, which relies heavily on US security backing to deter a potential Chinese attack. Lai’s remarks came days after US
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