Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment
Pacific Asia • Nov 4, 2024, 10:15 AM
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COP29 final draft proposes 'at least' $300 billion for developing countries
Pacific Asia • 7:11 PM
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A final draft deal released Sunday at the UN COP29 summit proposes that developed nations commit at least $300 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer countries confront climate change. A number of developing countries have already responded that they ne
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Sixth young tourist dies in suspected mass alcohol-poisoning case in Laos
Pacific Asia • 11:01 AM
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Another young tourist on Friday died in hospital after being subject to suspected alcohol poisoning during a night out in Laos, bringing the total death toll to six. The Laotian government has expressed its “sincere sympathy and deepest condolences” to t
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Dozens killed in sectarian clashes between Shiite, Sunni Muslims in northwestern Pakistan
Pacific Asia • 9:47 AM
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More than 30 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after Shiite Muslims on Friday attacked a Sunni-dominated market and set it on fire in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in northwestern Pakistan. Sporadic fighting has regularly bro
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