Asia

Dead student from sunken South Korea ferry identified

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - A third set of human remains found following the recovery of South Korea's sunken Sewol…

Google’s AlphaGo clinches series win over Chinese Go master

WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, beat Chinese Go master Ke Jie for a second time on…

China says US warship trespassed in its waters ‘without permission’

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The Chinese government charged on Thursday that a US warship had entered its waters in the South…

Is it a drone? Is it a balloon? No, it’s a bird, says North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds…

WHO exclusion of Taiwan from WHA justifiable: Chinese mainland spokesperson

BEIJING, China (Reuters) - It is justified for the World Health Organization (WHO) to not invite Taiwan to the ongoing…

Residents take shelter as gunfight continues in southern Philippines

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Residents took shelter at makeshift evacuation centers in the southern Philippines on Thursday (May 25),…

Chinese Go master loses first game with Google’s AlphaGo

WUZHEN, China (Reuters) -- A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go…

US Navy ship sails near South China Sea reef claimed by Beijing: US official

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A US Navy ship has sailed in disputed South China Sea waters near a reef claimed…

Rainstorm in Hong Kong causes flooding

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) - Rainstorm lashed Hong Kong for hours and caused flash flooding and slowed down traffic on…

Everest climber accused of ‘illegal’ Tibet-Nepal traverse

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) - A Polish climber who claims to have traversed from Tibet to Nepal at the summit of…

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