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Indonesia locates crashed aircraft in remote area of Papua province

(Reuters) -- Indonesian search and rescue officials said on Monday (August 17) that the crashed aircraft with 54 people on…

Hundreds of houses destroyed, 6,300 individuals displaced by Tianjin blasts

(Reuters) -- Hundreds of angry residents whose homes had been destroyed in the Tianjin explosions gathered outside an official news…

Death toll rises to 112 in Tianjin blasts

THE death toll from the massive warehouse explosions in north China's Tianjin city Wednesday night rose to 112, local authorities…

Japan Emperor marks 70th anniversary of end of WW2

(Reuters) -- Japanese Emperor Akihito on Saturday (August 15) marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two…

Japanese nationalists march on war shrine to mark WW2 anniversary

  (Reuters) -- Hundreds of Japanese nationalists marched to Yasukuni shrine on Saturday (August 15), where leaders convicted as war…

Death toll in chemical blasts in Chinese port climbs to 104; more firefighters missing

(Eagle News) -- The death toll  in the deadly chemical blasts in area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin…

Explosion in China leaves 50 dead

CHINA, Asia, August 14 (Eagle News) -- A warehouse exploded in a port city in China which left 50 dead,…

Rescue efforts continue as death toll rises to 50 in Tianjin blasts

  (Reuters) -- The devastated port city of Tianjin woke up in the morning on Friday (August 14) as search…

Japan restarts nuclear reactor amid protests

  (Reuters) -- Japan switched on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday (August…

Xinhua: Typhoon lashes China’s east coast, 14 dead and 4 missing

  (Reuters) A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds…

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