Rejection of US help in South China Sea shows Philippines acting on its own: analysts
Chinese and Philippine ships have been embroiled in a series of confrontations in the contested seaway in recent months.
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French stocks rise 0.5% after left-wing coalition clinches surprise election win
LONDON — French stocks moved higher on Monday as markets reacted to a surprise win for the left in the country's parliamentary election.
CNBC's Inside India newsletter: An education scandal years in the making
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At least 116 killed in stampede at Hindu religious event in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the country's worst such tragedies in years.
Views toward China diverge between rich and middle-income nations, Pew report shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global views toward China appear to be divided between high-income and middle-income countries, and the gap apparently is the widest among China’s neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center that surveyed people in 35 countries.
66 people believed missing after 2 buses swept by landslide on Nepal highway into swollen river
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As many as 66 people were believed missing in Nepal after two buses were swept by a landslide triggered off the highway and into a swollen river Friday, officials said.
North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Suggests Arms Race With South
North Korea said on Tuesday that it had tested a new ballistic missile with a “super-large warhead,” the most recent development in an arms race with South Korea as the countries vie to introduce weapons of increasingly destructive power.
Malaysia arrests 6 ‘Ninja Turtle Gang’ members, seizes tortoises smuggled into the country
Malaysian authorities have arrested six members of an international crime ring known as the “Ninja Turtle Gang” and seized about 200 smuggled tortoises and turtles, a wildlife official said on Tuesday.