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Traditional medicine in Taiwan on life support
People in Taiwan who are not feeling so well have, for generations, avoided going to a doctor and visited a traditional Chinese medicine shop instead. But thousands of shops have shut down in the
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa ends foreign tour early amid domestic turmoil
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a foreign tour as criticism grew over a brutal crackdown on protests at home, saying he wanted "to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again". "In light
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Philippines’ Muslim region votes on new autonomy law
Manila, Philippines - Nearly three million Filipinos from the country's Muslim-majority southern region are set to decide on a new law which would place them under a substantially more autonomous regional government. Monday's plebiscite on
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What now for peace in Colombia?
A car bomb blast in Bogota on Thursday killed 21 people and devastated a police academy. Colombian President Ivan Duque has blamed the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's last remaining rebel group. He has
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Egypt says security forces killed 14 militants in Sinai
ROME: A private rescue boat with dozens of migrants aboard sought permission for a second day to enter a safe port Sunday, but said so far its queries to several nations haven’t succeeded. Another
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Boat with migrants rescued off Libya looks for port to dock
ROME: A private rescue boat with dozens of migrants aboard sought permission for a second day to enter a safe port Sunday, but said so far its queries to several nations haven’t succeeded. Another
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‘Yemen’s Houthi militia using Iranian-made drone aircraft’: Arab coalition
JEDDAH: The Arab coalition fighting to support the legitimate Yemeni government said on Sunday that the Houthi militia are in possession of Iranian-made drones -- named Shahed 129 -- and are using residential areas
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DR Congo crisis deepens; African leaders congratulate Tshisekedi
The political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo deepened on Sunday when the Constitutional Court confirmed the win of Felix Tshisekedi, rejecting claims of fraud, and runner-up Martin Fayulu promptly declared himself the
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10 UN peacekeepers killed in attack on Mali’s Aguelhoc camp
At least 10 United Nations peacekeepers from Chad have been killed and 25 others wounded in an attack in northern Mali, according to the UN Mission. Sunday's attack targeted the UN peacekeepers camp in Aguelhoc,
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Can the protests in Sudan succeed?
Nationwide protests have been taking place in Sudan almost every day for a month. They are the longest in decades and the most significant in the country's recent history. The demonstrations were prompted by


