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U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
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Family mourns Filipino mother and son shot by police over noise
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Hong Kong protester shot by police last year now hiding in exile
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UN rights office calls on Thailand to amend royal insult law
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China’s leaders say tech growth top priority amid US tension
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Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year
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Hundreds line up to vote in Georgia elections that will set control of U.S. Senate
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Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year
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Call for mass testing in South Korea amid rising third wave of virus
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In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape

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U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
U.S. bolsters support for Taiwan and Tibet, angering China
Beijing, Dec 28, 2020 - China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for...
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Family mourns Filipino mother and son shot by police over noise
Paniqui, Philippines, Dec 22, 2020 - Relatives of a woman and her son shot dead by an off-duty policeman in the Philippines called for...
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Hong Kong protester shot by police last year now hiding in exile
Hong Kong, Dec 22, 2020 - A Hong Kong student protester who was shot by police during last year’s anti-government demonstrations and later charged...
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UN rights office calls on Thailand to amend royal insult law
Geneva, Dec 18, 2020 - The United Nations human rights office called on Thailand on Friday to amend its lese majeste law which it...
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China’s leaders say tech growth top priority amid US tension
Beijing, Dec 18, 2020 — China’s ruling Communist Party called Friday for faster technology development to increase the country’s economic independence amid tensions with...
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Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year
Tokyo, Dec 14, 2020 - Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting...
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Hundreds line up to vote in Georgia elections that will set control of U.S. Senate
Marietta, Dec 14, 2020 -Hundreds of people lined up in a cold rain on Monday to cast ballots in a pair of U.S. Senate...
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Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year
Tokyo, Dec 14, 2020 - Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting...
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Call for mass testing in South Korea amid rising third wave of virus
Call for mass testing in South Korea amid rising third wave of virus
Seoul, Dec 9, 2020 - The governor of South Korea’s most populous province called for mass testing for coronavirus on Wednesday, as daily new...
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In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape
Singapore, Dec 8, 2020 - It’s not only the weather that might come as a shock when the World Economic Forum moves from Davos,...
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