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The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have doubled since 2020. Workers take to the streets across the globe, as more than 200 protesters are arrested in ... Read More

Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history

Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history." ... Read More

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The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility. It's a sign of Beijing’s ... Read More

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May 2, 2024 — Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of ... 75,000-Year-Old Female ... Read More

China launches the Chang'e-6 lunar probe on a mission to return samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

Taiwan -- China launches the Chang'e-6 lunar probe on a mission to return samples from the less-explored far side of the moon. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events ... Read More

Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St tumble. Most markets in the region close for holiday

Asian stocks fall with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday after U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September ... Read More

An ‘East Asian NATO’ is forming

A “webbed” system of collective security is emerging, valuing intra-regional security cooperation in addition to bilateral contacts between the U.S. and its allies. Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More

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Pro Palestinian demonstrators protest the war in Gaza and demand college divestment from military weapons manufacturers on the Auraria Campus in Denver on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt ... Read More