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Brazil budget crisis slows supercomputer from studying Zika

Scientists will have to do without an ally in the race to combat the Zika virus. A supercomputer named Santos…

Train derails in Taiwan, injuring two

A passenger train derailed on its way from Kaohsiung to Hualien in Taiwan around at 06:49 a.m. (GMT) on Wednesday…

South Korean foreign minister calls for nuclear suppliers group’s help to solve the North’s nuclear issue

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Thursday (June 23) called for help from a nuclear suppliers group to solve…

Turnbull: Gunmen kidnap seven including Australians in Nigeria

Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of…

South Korea’s Volkswagen executive arrives at court for emissions case

An executive at Volkswagen Group's South Korean subsidiary arrived at a Seoul court on Thursday (June 23) for a hearing…

Ban Ki-moon and Venezuela’s Maduro arrive for Colombia-FARC agreement

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana late Wednesday (June 22) night ahead of…

US House Democrats stage sit-in to demand action on guns

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In one of the most extraordinary scenes in years on the US House floor, Democrats…

N. Korea leader says missile test a success, threat to US

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has hailed the successful test of a powerful new medium-range…

Trump heads to Scotland as ‘Brexit’ vote result looms

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump takes his first international trip since presumptively clinching the Republican…

China using fishing fleets to expand maritime claims: US official

MANILa, Philippines (AFP) -- China is using its fishing fleets with armed escorts to bolster maritime claims in disputed territory,…

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