Advertisement Indonesia AsiaSoutheast Asia Indonesian earthquake survivors recount chaotic escape: ‘house collapsed on me’ ‘So, we all started to panic; some people jumped out of windows, and some ran outside,’ a Flores resident says 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Agence France-Presse Published: 12:45pm, 16 Aug 2026 Melania Nius was at her husband’s hospital bedside on Indonesia’s Flores […]
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Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary has opened a Gaza beach cafe, hoping to revive a much-loved part of life in the war
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ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes in Lusaka, Zambia, on August 13, 2026 [Moses Mwape/Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026 International observers monitoring […]
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ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Nevada prosecutors allege that Duane Davis, right, supplied the gun and organised the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, left [File: AP] By Chris Hamill-Stewart Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026 Three decades after the […]
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Advertisement Artificial intelligence TechBig Tech Home province of DeepSeek, Moonshot founders seeks to retain, attract future AI talent After losing top founders in artificial intelligence to rivals, the southern province aims to better attract, retain talent 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Coco Fengin Guangdong Published: 11:00am, 16 Aug 2026 China’s southern manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province welcomed […]
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Advertisement Crime in China ChinaPolitics As China launches new gang crackdown, lawyers fear wrongful convictions Lawyers say that officials trying to meet quotas are improperly labelling crimes as gang-related and even turning to torture 3-MIN READ3-MIN 1 Listen Phoebe Zhangin Shenzhen Published: 10:00am, 16 Aug 2026 During a crackdown on organised crime, Zeng Jianbin, a […]
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Advertisement South Korea This Week in AsiaLifestyle & Culture Does K-pop need the Grammys? BTS’ boycott reignites debate BTS’ decision has forced Asian pop artists to weigh Grammy recognition against the risk of being boxed in 4-MIN READ4-MIN 2 Listen David D. Lee Published: 10:00am, 16 Aug 2026 For Asian musicians, the Grammy Awards represent […]
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Advertisement Trending in China People & CultureTrending in China Chinese ‘family bridge’ makes 200 mountain trips yearly to connect elderly with overseas children In 2020, China reported that 118 million elderly individuals were living alone after their children migrated for work 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Zoey Zhang Published: 10:19am, 16 Aug 2026 A man in central […]
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Israel kills 11 in deadliest attacks on Lebanon since June truce as Iran and Oman continue talks on Hormuz.
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