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Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in India, SAfrica
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Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in India, SAfrica

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Countries from the U.S. to South Africa to India were struggling to hold down rising rates of…
Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home
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Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home

Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses…
Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus
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Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus

JAKARTA/HANOI (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak has stoked a wave of anti-China sentiment around the globe, from shops barring entry…
Malaysia sends back trash, says won’t be world’s waste bin
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Malaysia sends back trash, says won’t be world’s waste bin

PENANG, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arrives at Hague court for genocide showdown
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arrives at Hague court for genocide showdown

Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at the UN’s top court Tuesday to personally defend Myanmar against accusations…
Suu Kyi set to make history in Hague genocide case
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Suu Kyi set to make history in Hague genocide case

Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague…
Myanmar rejects ICC probe over Rohingya as legal pressure mounts
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Myanmar rejects ICC probe over Rohingya as legal pressure mounts

Myanmar struck back Friday after a surge of global legal pressure over its alleged crimes against the Rohingya, branding an…
Malaysian police chief says tough to combat drugs with addicts on force
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Malaysian police chief says tough to combat drugs with addicts on force

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s police are struggling to rein in drug abuse because there are many addicts on the…
Drones, big money and cheap drugs: the Laos route spewing meth into Thailand
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Drones, big money and cheap drugs: the Laos route spewing meth into Thailand

As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now…
Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste
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Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste

Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said Tuesday, insisting…
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