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Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

New Delhi, March 12 -- Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for more use of atomic energy. Th... Read More


A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls

New Delhi, March 12 -- An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly sch... Read More


US will permanently close the consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, its closest mission to Afghanistan

New Delhi, March 12 -- The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America's closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border and was a primary ... Read More


That purple Hawaii vacation lei likely came from Thailand, and some lawmakers want to change that

New Delhi, March 12 -- Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless ... Read More


A Senegal boarding school that drew students from the US is at the center of an abuse investigation

New Delhi, March 12 -- The American Dara Academy in Senegal marketed itself to families in the United States as an affordable boarding school where their children could study the Quran alongside an Am... Read More


Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers within weeks

New Delhi, March 12 -- Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country's notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation's effort to combat the cybercrime... Read More


Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma

New Delhi, March 12 -- A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo, according to the... Read More


China's auto sales sink in February as phase out of subsidies for trade-ins hits demand

New Delhi, March 12 -- China's domestic passenger car sales fell sharply in February from a year earlier, industry figures showed Wednesday, reflecting weakening demand as some trade-in subsidies are ... Read More


China is expected to push for an ethnic unity law that critics say will cement assimilation

New Delhi, March 12 -- China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls "ethnic unity," a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authoriti... Read More


Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work

New Delhi, March 12 -- Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest state investments ever for a single artwork, the coun... Read More