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People pray during a prayer vigil in Irvine, Calif., Monday, May 16, 2022. The vigil was held to honor victims in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif.

From across the Pacific, Taiwan's president castigates California shooting

May 17, 2022
The leader of the self-governing East Asian island condemned violence following the deadly attack against a Taiwanese congregation in California.
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Asia

The economic headwinds facing Philippine President-elect Marcos are stiff

May 16, 2022
A pandemic and soaring oil prices would be a challenge for any incoming leader. But Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the son of dictator who abused Filipinos' rights, and his mother plundered billions.
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Asia

North Korea is being monitored for its first test of a nuclear weapon in 5 years

May 16, 2022
North Korea this year scrapped a five-year moratorium on testing ballistic missiles. So far, it has not resumed testing nuclear bombs. But it is believed to be about to do that very soon.
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Asia
People watch a TV screen showing a news report about the COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 14, 2022. North Korea on Saturday reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the

North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths

May 14, 2022
North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and high numbers of fevers as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak.
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Asia
This image from video shows Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad, a 61-year-old retired government officer, and his wife Sadhana Prasad as they wait at a lawyer's chamber in Haridwar, India, on Thursday. The couple has sued their son and daughter-in-law, demanding a gr

Parents sue their son and daughter-in-law, demanding a grandchild or $675,000

May 14, 2022
The court reportedly has accepted their petition and scheduled it for a hearing in Haridwar, India. The couple wants a grandchild within a year.
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Asia

Lebanese candidates push for change in a corrupt electoral system

May 14, 2022
Lebanese elections this weekend are taking place under a system designed to keep the same parties in power in the parliament. But a few candidates hope they can send a message about change.
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Asia

Protests in Sri Lanka have turned violent amid power, food and medicine shortages

May 13, 2022
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with journalist Sulochana Ramiah about Sri Lanka's protests, which have turned violent. The country is in crisis, with power blackouts and food shortages.
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World
President Joe Biden and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations arrive for a group photo on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Biden looks to nudge ASEAN leaders to speak out on Russia

May 13, 2022
Despite Washington's focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific.
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Asia
Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen, center, and other religious protesters hold placards with "Respects religious freedom" written on them during a demonstration outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

A Catholic cardinal and others are arrested on Hong Kong security law

May 12, 2022
The White House and U.S. politicians join others around the world in calling for the release of a retired archbishop, singer and others in the Chinese territory.
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Asia
North Korea's Kaepoong town is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, May 12, 2022.

North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak as Kim orders lockdown

May 11, 2022
While the scale of the outbreak isn't known, it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.
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Asia

A look at Hong Kong's new leader, John Lee — and his history with the territory

May 11, 2022
Hong Kong's new leader, John Lee, rose through the law enforcement ranks to become the territory's No. 2 under outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam. He faces governing a divided and mistrustful city.
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Asia

Muslim girls in India are missing out on education as they fight classroom hijab ban

May 11, 2022
When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued — and her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, may redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.
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Asia

Biden welcomes leaders of Southeast Asian nations for special ASEAN summit

May 11, 2022
This week's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations provides the latest opportunity for the Biden administration to push for isolating Russia internationally over the war in Ukraine.
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National
Adam Farkes and Leo Azevedo of BNRG at a solar energy project in Augusta, Maine. A bigger project planned on the far side of the fence is on hold because of a federal trade investigation.

Solar projects are on hold as U.S. investigates whether China is skirting trade rules

May 11, 2022
A federal investigation of allegations that China is illegally avoiding duties on solar panels sold to U.S. companies is putting the brakes on the nation's solar power build-out.
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Asia
Workers in protective overalls conduct mass COVID testing for residents on May 11, 2022, in Beijing.

Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

May 11, 2022
The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.
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Climate
In this photo supplied by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), a diver swims past coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Oct. 18, 2016.

Australia says most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached

May 10, 2022
Australian scientists confirm the mass bleaching, yet are hopeful the world's largest coral reef ecosystem can recover.
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Asia
In this image from video posted on the Bongbong Marcos Facebook page, presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issues a statement to the media on Monday in Manila, Philippines.

The son of late dictator Marcos has won the Philippines' presidential election

May 10, 2022
The namesake son of the late Philippine dictator won by a landslide, according to unofficial results, in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 "People Power" pro-democracy revolt that ousted his father.
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Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharman playing a concert in Pune, India, in 2009. Sharma died Tuesday at age 84.

Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84

May 10, 2022
Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.
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Ukraine invasion — explained

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world

May 10, 2022
Stores running out of cooking oil. Gas prices soaring. Farmers scrambling for fertilizer. Nations rethinking alliances. We zoom in on the war's seismic, far-reaching repercussions.
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Asia

Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., is poised to win the Philippine presidency by a landslide

May 09, 2022
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., the son of the Philippine strongman ousted in the 1980s, has been elected in a landslide to become the Southeast Asian country's next president.
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Asia
An election worker places a voting receipt inside a box at a polling center Monday in Quezon City, Philippines.

Dictator's son far ahead in Philippine presidential vote

May 09, 2022
With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, who had 12.3 million.
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World
A Sri Lankan government supporter carries a national flag after attacking the anti-government demonstrators outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.

The prime minister of Sri Lanka resigns after weeks of protests

May 09, 2022
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation amid an economic crisis and violent protests against he and his brother, the country's president.
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Asia

Voters in the Philippines stream to the polls to choose a new president

May 09, 2022
The election contest pits Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, against outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo, who heads a movement to stop the return of the Marcos dynasty.
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Asia

John Lee, a Beijing loyalist, is elected Hong Kong's next leader

May 09, 2022
Hong Kong's former security chief John Lee was elected as the city's next chief executive, replacing Carrie Lam. He was the only candidate on the ballot.
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Sports
Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time Saturday, setting a new world record for most times summitting the world's tallest peak.

A climber scaled Everest for the 26th time. He broke his own world record — again

May 08, 2022
Kami Rita Sherpa has set and broke his own world record for the most successful Mount Everest ascents multiple times in recent years. He's now summited Everest for the 26th time.

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