North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping".The unusual case is a bid to hold Pyongyang res
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China will send three astronauts to its new space station this week, officials confirmed Thursday, in what will be Beijing's longest crewed mission to date.The three will blast off at 12:23 a.m. on Sa
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G20 leaders agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, as the EU pledged a one-billion-euro aid package and host Italy stressed the need to maintain contacts with the Ta
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North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programmes should b
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President Vladimir Putin said that Russia -- one of the world's biggest producers of oil and gas -- is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060."Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of it
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More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making but they stopped short of committing to specific targets to curb mass ex
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