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Sri Lankan police arrest 2 villagers in killing of leopardSri Lankan police have arrested two men accused of beating a leopard to death in an attack widely condemned by wildlife activists
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12 missing youth soccer players feared trapped in Thai caveSearch and rescue teams are looking for a dozen members of a youth soccer team who are missing and believed to be trapped in a cave in northern Thailand
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Ardern made her first public appearance on Sunday since giving birth to her daughter on Thursday. Ardern is just the second elected world leader to give birth while holding office. (Greg Bowker/New Zealand Herald via AP)
New Zealand leader leaves hospital 3 days after giving birthNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford have named their baby daughter Neve and say they want her to grow up in a world in which she can make choices about her family and career based on what she wants
The Associated Press11 hours ago
FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center in green military uniform, poses with soldiers on a navy ship for a photo after he reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in the South China Sea. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing as the countries increasingly spar over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing's expanding military presence overseas. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)
US Defense chief to visit China amid S. China Sea tensionsU.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting Beijing this week against the background of growing tensions over Taiwan, China's militarization of South China Sea and expanding overseas presence of the People's Liberation Army
The Associated Press11 hours ago
Malaysian political icon Anwar Ibrahim hospitalizedProminent Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has been taken to the hospital after complaining of back and shoulder pain
The Associated Press21 hours ago
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 1998, file photo, North Korean soldiers carry an aluminum casket containing remains of a U.S. serviceman killed during the Korean War toward U.N. Command soldiers, foreground, at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. South Korean media reported that the U.S. military plans to send 215 caskets to North Korea through a border village on Saturday, June 23, 2018, so that the North could begin the process of returning the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
US moves 100 coffins to N. Korean border for war remainsThe U.S. military says it has moved 100 wooden coffins to the inter-Korean border to prepare for North Korea's returning of the remains of American soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War
The Associated Press22 hours ago
Pakistani Taliban choose new chief in place of FazlullahPakistani Taliban militants have chosen a religious scholar as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah killed earlier this month in a U.S. drone strike
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Xiaomi's Founder, Chairman and CEO Jun Lei speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 23, 2018. Xiaomi Corp. said it seeks to raise up to $6.1 billion in its initial public offering next week that would value the Chinese smartphone maker at as much as $70.3 billion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Xiaomi seeks to raise up to $6 billion in Hong Kong IPOChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to raise up to $6 billion in one of the biggest global stock market debuts in recent years as it tries to become a worldwide brand alongside Apple, Google and Amazon
The Associated Press1 day ago
The Latest: US prepares coffins for Korean War remainsThe U.S. military says it has moved 100 wooden coffins to the inter-Korean border to prepare for North Korea's returning of the remains of American soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War
The Associated Press1 day ago
In this Aug.19, 2016, photo, Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency who also served twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, talks with South Korean lawmakers at his house in Seoul, South Korea. Kim has died on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the age of 92. (Newsis via AP, File)
Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, diesKim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency who twice served as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died at age 92
The Associated Press1 day ago
Clash leave 6 militants, 2 soldiers dead in PakistanPakistan's army says they have killed six militants in a search operation in South Waziristan near Afghan border where two soldiers also killed in the clash
The Associated Press1 day ago
Cambodia arrests 5 in crackdown on commercial surrogacyCambodian police have arrested five people on charges of providing commercial surrogate services
The Associated Press1 day ago
New Zealand leader to spend 3rd night in hospital with babyNew Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to spend a third night in a hospital before returning home with her newborn daughter.
The Associated Press1 day ago
Hospital says former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil has died at age of 92Hospital says former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil has died at age of 92
The Associated Press1 day ago
New East Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak reads out the oath of office during his inauguration in Dili, the capital of East Timor, Friday, June 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez)
New East Timor government marred by corruption allegationsEast Timor's president has refused to swear in 11 Cabinet ministers because of corruption investigations in a rocky beginning for a new government formed after a protracted political stalemate in the young nation
The Associated Press2 days ago
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