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Vietnamese say no to more kids after two-child limit scrapped

By Agence France-Presse After Vietnam removed its two-child limit, pharmacy worker Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga says she still has no plans to have more kids, since she barely has time to see...

India’s Modi opens strategic railway in contested ‘crown jewel’ Kashmir

By Agence France-Presse Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on June 6 since a conflict with archrival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he...

Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe’s forest home

By Agence France-Presse Bokum, one of Indonesia's last isolated hunter-gatherers, has a simple message for the nickel miners threatening his lush jungle home: "This is our land." He belongs to the Hongana Manyawa...

South Korea’s new leader vows to ‘heal wounds’ with nuclear-armed North

By Agence France-Presse South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung vowed to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and "heal wounds" as he took office this Wednesday, June 4, after winning a snap election...

Pentagon Chief warns China is ‘preparing’ to use military force in Asia

By Agence France-Presse In his speech on Saturday, May 31, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power...

Taliban gov’t suspends chess in Afghanistan, considers it as means of gambling

By Agence France-Presse Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which is illegal under the government's morality law, a sports official...

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