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A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 17, 2024. North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets for a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat.  North Shore News 
North Korea test-fires suspected missiles a day after US and South Korea conduct a fighter jet drill
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful f... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Kim Jong Un   N Korea   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction  
Demonstrators hold Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flags during a gathering in Paris, Thursday May.16, 2024. Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces' powers to quell unrest in the archipelago that has long sought independence. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)  Al Jazeera 
New Caledonia says situation ‘calmer’ after state of emergency imposed
Authorities in New Caledonia have described the situation in the French Pacific territory as “calmer” after Paris declared a state of emergency in response to violence that erupted on Monday night... (photo: AP / Thomas Padilla)
France   New Caledonia   Pacific   Photos  
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FILE - French gendarme patrol at a roundabout in Noumea, New Caledonia, Sunday Dec.12, 2021. At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French officials there said Wednesday, May 15, 2024, as President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiraling violence. (AP Photo/Clotilde Richalet, File) Al Jazeera
State of emergency takes effect in New Caledonia after four killed in riots
France has declared a state of emergency in its Pacific island territory of New Caledonia and deployed police and military reinforcements in an attempt to end days of unr... (photo: AP / Clotilde Richalet, File)
Elections   France   New Caledonia   Photos  
Buddhist temple Wat Arun at night after the restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand RTE
Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns
Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office has said. | Projection... (photo: Creative Commons)
Bangkok   Climate change   Environment   Photos  
A representative of GCHQ points to a screen showing all the teams progress in completing the task during a mock cyberattack scenario with teams of amateur computer experts taking part and trying to fight this simulated attack in London, Friday, March, 14, 2014 Asiatimes
Can’t blame all Chinese cyberattacks on the government
The UK’s national security agency, MI5, warned in April that British universities participating in military research are targets for cyberattacks by foreign states. | M... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
Britain   China   Cyberattacks   Photos  
People inspect the damage by a flash flood in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over the weekend left a number of people dead and missing. (AP Photo/Fachri Hamzah) Hong Kong Standard
Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing
Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over ... (photo: AP / Fachri Hamzah)
Asia   Indonesia   Photos   Sumatra  
FILE - This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the YouTube app on an iPad in Baltimore. CNN
YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court order
YouTube has blocked access to a popular protest song in Hong Kong, a week after a court in the city granted a government request to ban the anthem. In a statement on Wedn... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky, File)
Censorship   China   Hong Kong   Photos  
Thai activists hold a portrait of Netiporn Sanesangkhom, a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known for their bold and aggressive campaigns demanding reform of the monarchy and abolition of the law that makes it illegal to defame members of the royal family outside of Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Netiporn who went on a hunger strike after being jailed for her involvement in protests calling for reform of the country's monarchy system died Tuesday in a prison hospital, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Al Jazeera
Hunger striking democracy and royal reform activist dies in Thai prison
Bangkok, Thailand – Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At just 28 years old, she was a formidabl... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Democracy   Human Rights   Photos   Thailand  
Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe Asiatimes
No, Japan’s actually not a xenophobic country
The other day at a fundraiser, Joe Biden made a casual comment that I consider to be the worst gaffe of his entire term as president. He declared that two of America’s ... (photo: Creative Commons / )
China   Japan   Photos   Politics  
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin review the honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 16, 2024.
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File - Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX jokes with reporters as he pretends to search for an answer to a question on a cell phone during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight to demonstrate the capsule's emergency escape system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.
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