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China has accused the United States of supporting Tibetan independence after Washington reiterated its support for the Tibetan people’s right to preserve their culture and identity and called for renewed dialogue to
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Strengthening deterrence and deepening relations between Taiwan and Japan are essential to maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait, former Japanese national security adviser Shigeru Kitamura said on Thursday, as he highlighted the
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For more than three decades, a woman known here as Dilhani has lived in France, raised by the couple who adopted her as an infant from Sri Lanka. She was born at
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After displaying the powerful JL 3 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile [SLBM] at the Victory Parade in Beijing in September last year, the PLA Navy conducted a test of an SLBM on July
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For nearly three weeks, Rosa Valentina Perez has remained in a bed at Cuba’s main cancer clinic, waiting for a CT scan that could determine whether the cancer she battled two years
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The rapid growth of audio erotica is reshaping a corner of the digital entertainment industry that has long existed outside the mainstream, with subscription-based platforms attracting predominantly female audiences through stories that
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