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A construction platform of an Indian railroad bridge under construction collapses, killing at least 26 workers. |
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GUWAHATI, India—A construction platform at a railroad bridge under construction in northeastern India fell Wednesday, killing at least 26 employees and wounding two more, according to an official.Read More |
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India is the fourth country in the world to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. |
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NEW DELHI—As part of its rising strength in space and technology, India landed a spacecraft near the moon's south pole on Wednesday, an unknown zone that scientists say might harbor important quantities of frozen water and other elements.Read More |
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'Arms Race': Australia Purchases $1.1 Billion in US Missiles |
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Canberra has revealed a fresh round of missile agreements with the United States. Monday, totaling a whopping $1 billion.Read More |
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directs a cruise missile test as joint US-South Korean military drills begin. |
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a strategic cruise missile launch, according to the country's state news agency KCNA, as South Korea and the United States began their largest-ever joint military maneuvers.Read More |
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Japan will begin releasing Fukushima water into the ocean on August 24. |
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TOKYO—Japan said on Tuesday that it will begin releasing more than 1 million metric tons of cleaned radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea on August 24, following a plan severely opposed by China.Read More |
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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the Moon, thereby ending its attempt to reach the Moon's South Pole. |
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MOSCOW—Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, according to the country's space agency Roscosmos on Sunday.Read More |
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Pakistan Arrests 129 Muslims Following Mob Attacks on Minority Christian Churches and Homes |
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JARANWALA, Pakistan—According to police, 129 Muslims were detained after a crowd enraged by an alleged Quran sacrilege stormed a dozen churches and almost two dozen homes of minority Christians. Two Christian males were also detained on suspicion of defacing the Quran.Read More |
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Russia Defends Against Drone Attacks, Claims Warplane Damaged at Airfield |
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MOSCOW—On Saturday, Russia's Defense Ministry reported a flurry of Ukrainian drone assaults on Moscow, Novgorod to the northwest of the Russian capital, and Belgorod, which borders Ukraine.Read More |
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China's military maneuvers near Taiwan escalate following the Vice President's visit to the United States. |
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On August 19, 42 Chinese airplanes and eight navy boats were detected in the vicinity of Taiwan, only one day after Taiwanese Vice President William Lai Ching-te returned from a critical trip to the United States.Read More |
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Analysts believe that the Biden Trilateral Summit will help to deter a potential CCP invasion of Taiwan. |
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President Joe Biden is hosting a trilateral conference at Camp David with Japan and South Korea to develop new security plans in response to Beijing's escalating military coercion.Read More |
