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China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade

She has four limbs, expressive eyes, and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City

A leading human rights group is demanding the Sri Lankan authorities conduct a prompt and impartial probe into a police shooting that left one person dead

Asian shares fell in muted trading as most world markets were closed for Good Friday and other holidays.

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — known as the “breadbasket of the world.”

North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea’s military said.

Dhan Kumari Basnet BK of Galkot Municipality-7 Malma of Baglung has gone missing along with her four-year-old son in New Delhi, the capital of India

In Costa Rica, officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections.

A Siberian tiger is seen at the Siberian Tiger Park in Changchun City, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province

A law prohibiting child marriage was signed by President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte and came into force on Thursday, making child marriage illegal in the country.