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Taiwan Is Selling More to the U.S. than China in Major Shift Away from Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) – Whether it is tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China—the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
Obesity and High Blood Sugar Play Ever-growing Role in Ill Health, Study Shows
LONDON (Reuters) – Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50 percent more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday.
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3 Million Children May Miss a Semester in Flood-hit Pakistan
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3 Tragedies in Asia Take Hundreds of Lives in 1 Month
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Afghanistan Marks 1 Year Since Taliban Seizure as Woes Mount
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AIDS Rate Takes Off in China
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Armenia Raises Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Troop Toll to 2,425
November 19, 2020
As China’s Birth Rate Slumps, Political Advisor Urges Egg Freezing for Single Women
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As Regional Threats Rise, Japan Eases Defense-only Strategy
December 16, 2022
As World Watches Russia, Myanmar Army Steps Up Attacks
March 15, 2022
At 75, India’s Democracy Is Under Pressure Like Never Before
August 12, 2022
Bhutan Holds Its First Democratic Elections
January 2, 2008
China Chases ‘Rejuvenation’ with Control of Tycoons, Society
September 10, 2021
China Debuts Aircraft Carrier
August 24, 2011
China Eases COVID Rules After Wide Protests of Lockdowns
November 28, 2022
China Holds Large-scale Joint Strike Drills Aimed at Taiwan
January 9, 2023
China-India Clash in Himalayas Deadliest in 58 Years
June 18, 2020
China Is Building Up Its Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Faster Than Previous Projections, U.S. Report Says
October 20, 2023
China Military ‘Ready to Fight’ After Drills Near Taiwan
April 10, 2023
China Now Biggest Exporter
February 3, 2010
China Outproduces the United States for the First Time
February 27, 2015
China Parades Its Naval Power
May 4, 2009
China: Protests Escalate Into Deadly Ethnic Riots
July 10, 2009
China Revises Size Of GDP...Upward
January 6, 2006
China's Economy
May 10, 2006
China’s Increasing Military Budget Draws U.S. Concern
March 6, 2008
China’s Population Falls for a 2nd Straight Year as Births Drop Even After End of One-Child Policy
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China’s President Consolidates Power Ahead of Second Term
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China’s Space Walk Success
October 3, 2008
China’s Worst Sandstorm in Decade Symptom of Deforestation
March 15, 2021
China Struggles to Recover From Earthquake
May 15, 2008
China Tackles Pandemic with Mass Construction Once Again
January 26, 2021
China-Taiwan Tensions Rise Days into Biden Presidency
January 25, 2021
China to Relax Birth Policy but Wary of Social Risks
May 18, 2021
China-U.S. Tensions Mount over South China Sea
May 1, 2016
China Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal
May 10, 2010
Corruption Charges Hurt Indian Software Company
January 16, 2009
Earthquake in China Kills Over 1,900
April 15, 2010
Every Hour, an Indian Student Commits Suicide
January 9, 2018
Expanding Economy Continues China’s Meteoric Rise
July 10, 2008
Explainer: Why and How China Is Drastically Limiting Online Gaming for Those Under 18
September 1, 2021
Explainer: Why India’s Farmers Are Revolting Against PM Modi
January 28, 2021
FAO: Rising Prices, Food Insecurity Add to Ranks of Hungry
January 27, 2023
Fearing Junta, Hundreds of Myanmar Parents Disown Dissident Children
February 7, 2022
Fears, Questions Build About N. Korea’s Growing Nuclear Arsenal
February 22, 2023
Few Survive Philippine Ferry Sinking
June 26, 2008
Fighting Over Nagorno-Karabakh Drags Past 6th Week. What’s Behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict?
November 5, 2020
Food Stocks Run Dangerously Low in Afghanistan
January 25, 2008
Gen. Musharraf Brings “Essence of Democracy” to Pakistan
November 19, 2007
German Intel: N. Korea Obtained Nuclear Tech in Berlin
February 5, 2018
‘Historic’ Labor Law Raises Fear Indian Workers Will Pay Price
September 25, 2020
Hong Kong Arrests 53 for Plot to ‘Overthrow’ Government in Latest Crackdown on Dissent
January 8, 2021
Hong Kong’s Last Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Resign
November 12, 2020
How North Korea Skirts Sanctions to Make Billions, Build Nukes
February 9, 2021
India Begins to Flex Naval Power as Competition with China Grows
February 2, 2024
India Experiences World’s Worst Power Outage
August 17, 2012
India Launches New Aircraft Carrier as China Concerns Grow
September 2, 2022
India, Pakistan Sign Cooperation Pact
February 15, 2008
India: World’s Largest Arms Importer
December 30, 2011
Indian Police Bust Baby-trafficking Ring in Financial Capital
January 21, 2021
Japan’s Debt at Worrisome Levels
January 24, 2011
Japan Marks 11 Years Since Quake, Tsunami, Nuclear Disaster
March 11, 2022
Japan’s Military, Among World’s Strongest, Looks to Build
December 8, 2021
Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Steps Down, Sets Stage for New Leader
September 3, 2021
Japan Weighs Military Options on N. Korea
July 10, 2006
Japan Welcomes New Prime Minister
October 3, 2008
Kazakh Leader: Russia-led Security Group to Pull Out Troops
January 11, 2022
Last Pro-democracy Hong Kong Newspaper Shut Down
June 23, 2021
Myanmar, 2 Years After Army Ousted Suu Kyi
January 31, 2023
Myanmar Protests Swell After Junta Raises Specter of Force
February 22, 2021
Myanmar’s New Democracy Struggles to Bring Positive Change
September 1, 2016
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Convicted in Further Blow to Democracy
December 6, 2021
New Japan Prime Minister Replacing Shinzo Abe Pledges Reform
September 18, 2020
A New Militaristic Japan?
May 15, 2007
New Strain of Bird Flu Spreads
May 31, 2013
North Korea Agrees to End Nuclear Program
September 4, 2007
North Korea Claims ‘Radioactive Tsunami’ Weapon Test at Sea
March 24, 2023
North Korea Holds Key Conference as Kim Jong Un Marks 10 Years in Power
December 28, 2021
North Korea Keeps Up Missile Barrage with Launch of ICBM
November 3, 2022
North Korea’s Kim Orders ‘Exponential’ Expansion of Nuke Arsenal
January 4, 2023
North Korea Tests First ‘Strategic’ Cruise Missile with Possible Nuclear Capability
September 13, 2021
North Korea Tests Possible Submarine Missile amid Tensions
October 20, 2021
North Korea Update
April 29, 2003
North Korea Using Illegal Arms Sales to Bypass Sanctions
October 4, 2017
North Korea Warns U.S. of ‘a More Fatal Security Crisis’
November 22, 2022
One Year On, Wuhan Market at Epicenter of Virus Outbreak Remains Barricaded and Empty
December 14, 2020
Pakistan Election Bolsters Democratic Hopes
February 20, 2008
Pakistan Flooding Kills Over 1,500
August 13, 2010
Pakistan: Political Update
January 9, 2008
Philippines Braces for Another Cyclone, After Typhoon Kills 20
November 3, 2020
Photos of Myanmar Massacre Aftermath Fuel Outrage
December 27, 2021
Protests Escalate in Kazakhstan; President’s Home Set Ablaze
January 5, 2022
Report: Militant Muslims Slaughtered Hindus Before Myanmar Began Persecution of Rohingya
May 23, 2018
Reports of “Mass Killings” Spark Fears of Genocide in Myanmar
September 9, 2017
Rohingya Flee Burning Villages for Monsoon-drenched Camps
September 21, 2017
Russia Arrests Over 5,100 at Protests Backing Kremlin Critic Navalny
February 2, 2021
Russia Revives Military Ambitions
August 30, 2013
Satellite Images Show China Built Mock-ups of U.S. Warships
November 9, 2021
Sex Slaves: Japan Still Denying WWII Actions
March 23, 2007
'Shoot Till They Are Dead'—Some Myanmar Police Say Fled to India After Refusing Orders
March 12, 2021
Six Months of Taliban: Afghans Safer, Poorer, Less Hopeful
February 18, 2022
South China Sea Economies Threatened by Overfishing
October 1, 2016
South Korea Performs Anti-terror Drills Ahead of Olympics
December 13, 2017
Spy Agency Says North Korea Executed People, Shut Capital
December 1, 2020
Strained Relations Between China and Japan
May 5, 2005
Study: Non-infectious Diseases Cause Early Death in Pakistan
January 20, 2023
Suspected Chinese Rocket Debris Found in Philippine Waters
November 10, 2022
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Claims to Have Won Majority in Myanmar Polls
November 11, 2020
Taiwan Scrambles Jets as 18 Chinese Planes Buzz During U.S. Visit
September 18, 2020
Taiwan to Raise Defense Spending as China Details Combat Drills
August 14, 2020
Taiwan Warns China Drills Show Ambitions Beyond Island
August 9, 2022
Taliban Hardliners Turning Back the Clock in Afghanistan
March 31, 2022
Thousands Flee Hong Kong for UK, Fearing China Crackdown
February 4, 2021
Toxic Air in India Linked to Large Number of Miscarriages
January 15, 2021
Two Years After Fall of Kabul, Tens of Thousands of Afghans Languish in Limbo Waiting for U.S. Visas
August 18, 2023
U.S. Hits China for Repressing Religious Freedom
May 19, 2021
U.S. Says Up to Afghans to Defend Country, but Will Isolate Taliban if They Take Power
August 12, 2021
Japan: World Must Restrain China’s Military Expansion
February 28, 2014
Update: Floods in Pakistan
September 17, 2010
What Made North Korea Test Its Biggest ICBM Yet?
March 25, 2022
What’s Behind Rising Tensions in the South China Sea?
July 17, 2020
What’s Driving the India-China Military Standoff?
September 10, 2020
What to Watch During President Trump’s Asia Visit
November 3, 2017
With Only Days of Coal Stocks Left, India Faces Power Crisis
October 8, 2021
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