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Train Crash in India Leaves at Least 8 Dead and Dozens Injured
A freight train collided with a passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 50 others, officials said.
Putin courts North Korean support in Ukraine war with rare trip
SEOUL -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will kick off his first trip to North Korea in 24 years on Tuesday as he seeks to bolster the countries' ties in the face of Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
China Vanke: the poster child of a now-troubled property sector
HONG KONG -- Call China Vanke a poster child for the country's economic evolution since Deng Xiaoping introduced his reform and opening-up policies at the end of the 1970s.
Russia's Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea and Vietnam
MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Kremlin said, a rare trip that underscores Moscow's burgeoning partnership with the reclusive nuclear-armed state.
Reclusive Taliban leader warns Afghans against earning money or gaining ‘worldly honor’
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honor at a time when the country is in the grip of humanitarian crises and isolated on the global stage.
Russia’s Putin to visit North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un, both countries say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday, both countries announced, amid international concerns about their military cooperation.