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G-7 leaders likely to focus on the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia at summit in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA, Japan ((DailyNews)) — The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima, a city whose...
South Korea and Japan use G-7 to push improvement in ties long marked by animosity
TOKYO ((DailyNews)) — Amid the high-level efforts to deal with a raft of global emergencies, this weekend’s Group of 7 summit of rich...
Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 20 dead
NEW DELHI ((DailyNews)) — A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized off a beach in southern India on Sunday night, and...
Australia PM: US effort to extradite Assange not worth it
CANBERRA, Australia ((DailyNews)) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder and Australian...
China says it will send peace envoy to Ukraine
BEIJING ((DailyNews)) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call on Wednesday that his government will send...
Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ((DailyNews)) — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who led her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be temporarily...
Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas
BANGKOK ((DailyNews)) — A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the...
Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
SYDNEY ((DailyNews)) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it...
K-pop star Moon Bin found dead at home
SEOUL, South Korea ((DailyNews)) — Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, was found dead at his home in Seoul, his...
China calls US accusations of police stations ‘groundless’
TAIPEI, Taiwan ((DailyNews)) — China denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying Tuesday that the United States was making “groundless accusations”...