Rescuers scramble to reach remote areas of Afghanistan as quake toll rises
Pacific Asia • Sep 2, 2025, 4:37 AM
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Villagers in the quake-hit regions of eastern Afghanistan joined rescue workers Tuesday in a desperate search for survivors of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people. Foreign aid has been slashed since the 2021 return of the Taliban and the latest disaster has worsened Afghanistan's protracted humanitarian crisis.
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SCO summit: 'The most anti-American nations in the world chatting and laughing'
Pacific Asia • 11:09 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 2: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is making headlines - we take a look at papers from China, Russia and India as well as coverage in the rest of the world. Next, papers discuss the 6.0-magnitude earthquake
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China’s power optics on display as Xi welcomes allies ahead of military parade
Pacific Asia • 8:01 AM
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President Xi Jinping is set to flaunt China's vision of a new global order at Wednesday's Victory Day military parade. Reporting from Hong Kong, France 24's Patrick Foy says the parade has been described as a "coming out party for China's military modern
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Rescuers scramble to reach remote areas of Afghanistan as quake toll rises
Pacific Asia • 4:37 AM
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Villagers in the quake-hit regions of eastern Afghanistan joined rescue workers Tuesday in a desperate search for survivors of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people. Foreign aid has been slashed since the 2021 return of the Taliba
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North Korea’s Kim heads to Beijing as Putin and Xi hail ‘old friend’ ties
Pacific Asia • 4:13 AM
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un on Tuesday crossed the border into China by train ahead of Wednesday's military parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “old friend” as the tw
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Vietnam marks 80 years of independence from France with parade of 40,000
Pacific Asia • 12:31 AM
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Thousands packed the streets of Hanoi Tuesday to watch around 40,000 troops and civilians march in a military parade to mark Vietnam's 80 years of independence from French colonial rule.
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