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. . YANGON – Myanmar’s general election will go ahead as planned on Nov. 8 despite a proposed delay because of recent landslides and flooding, the...
. . MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at an investment conference that Russia is not striving for leadership over Syria, adding that existing...
. . JAPAN – Okinawa’s Governor, Takeshi Onaga, has revoked permission for construction work to take place at the site planned for the facility. The decision,...
. . YANGON – Government officials of Myanmar’s election commission summoned major political parties on Tuesday to discuss postponing a historic Nov. 8 general election due...
. BEIJING – China has started to operate two lighthouses on a reef on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, a state news...
. SIDNEY – Australia is in talks with the Philippines about the possibility of that country accepting asylum seekers, currently being held on remote Pacific islands,...
. . SYRIA – Russia is launching cruise missiles as part of a coordinated ground and air attack with the Syrian regime,after four years of deadly...
. . ITALY – The Italian archdiocese has suspended a Catholic priest after he defended pedophilia in a live television interview and blamed victims for “seeking...
. . MANILA – The Philippine coast guard says a yacht carrying two Britons, an American, a Canadian and a Filipino has gone missing while sailing...
. . SWINDON, U.K.– A babysitter who had sex with an 11-year-old boy she was supposed to be looking after has been spared jail after the...