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Two killed as ‘weird’ Typhoon Krathon crashes into southwestern Taiwan

As storm batters island, soldiers in south mobilised to help battle electrical fire in hospital that killed nine.At least two people have been killed...

Three killed, 15 injured in Shanghai supermarket stabbing attack

Police say the suspect, a 37-year-old man, was taken into custody shortly after the attack in the city’s southwest.Three people have been killed and...

Austria votes in general election as far right eyes victory

Austria votes as far-right Freedom Party battles conservatives amid concerns over migration, inflation, and Ukraine.Voters in Austria are casting their ballot in a general...

Japan court acquits former boxer of murder after decades on death row

Judge acknowledges Iwao Hakamada was wrongfully convicted for murders at miso factory in 1966.A court in Japan has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer...

Thailand to allow same-sex couples to marry in January

Activists hail ‘monumental step’ as Thai king signs the country’s marriage-equality bill into law.Thailand’s king has signed a landmark marriage equality bill into law,...

China says test-launched ICBM with ‘dummy warhead’ into Pacific

First public test-launch of missile likely to raise concerns about China’s nuclear build-up.China has said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the...

UN aims ‘to bring multilateralism back’ as it adopts Pact for the Future

UN member countries adopt blueprint for the future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity.The United Nations General Assembly has adopted...

Japan orders thousands to evacuate quake-hit region as rains trigger floods

A dozen rivers burst their banks in Ishikawa where the meteorological agency issued its highest alert level.Japanese authorities have told tens of thousands of...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed by Papua rebels after 19 months

Indonesian police say Mehrtens has been flown out of mountainous Nduga and appears in good health.New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by...

Components for pagers used in Lebanon blasts not from Taiwan, minister says

CEO of Taiwan-based Gold Apollo released after questioning over role in deadly explosions.Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in...

North Korea reveals first photos of uranium enrichment facility

Leader Kim Jong Un stresses need to augment number of centrifuges to increase country’s nuclear weapons defence.North Korea has released the first-ever photos of...

At least 59 dead in Vietnam as Typhoon Yagi triggers landslides, floods

Torrential rains have caused havoc, landslides and a bridge collapse, and swept a bus into a torrent.At least 59 people have been killed in...

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