No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics
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South Korea's Yoon seeks dialogue with North, path to unification
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol offered on Thursday (Aug 15) to establish a working-level consultative body with North Korea to discuss ways to ease tension and resume economic co-operation, as he laid out his vision on unification of the neighbours.
An election in Kiribati provokes Western alarm about Beijing’s sway in Pacific atoll nation
People in Kiribati went to the polls on Wednesday for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China.
Riding the Trans-Mongolian Railway, one of the world’s most epic train journeys
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China to limit antimony exports in latest critical mineral curbs
China will impose export limits on antimony and related elements in the name of national security, its Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, in Beijing’s latest move to restrict shipments of critical minerals in which it is the dominant supplier.