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Quake death toll above 23,000 in Turkey, Syria
New York Times, Published on 11/02/2023
» The death toll in Turkey and Syria from this week’s catastrophic earthquake surpassed 23,600 on Friday as relief organisations struggled to overcome an array of obstacles to deliver aid to survivors in both countries.
EU countries agree to jointly purchase gas
New York Times, Published on 26/03/2022
» European Union (EU) countries have agreed to jointly buy and store gas, hydrogen and liquefied natural gas to address the challenge of reducing energy dependence on Russia while protecting Europeans from spiraling energy costs. They stopped short of imposing a ceiling on energy prices, however.
First Ukraine city falls as Russia strikes more civilian targets
New York Times, Published on 03/03/2022
» ODESSA, Ukraine: Russian forces on Wednesday seized the first major Ukrainian city in their onslaught, the strategic port of Kherson, as they stepped up bombardment of civilian targets across the country, put other cities under siege and pushed to encircle and cut off the capital, Kyiv.
Biden: Putin chooses 'catastrophic' war over diplomacy
New York Times, Published on 19/02/2022
» WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden said Friday that the US has intelligence showing that President Vladimir Putin of Russia has made a final decision to reject diplomatic overtures and invade Ukraine, in what Biden said would be a “catastrophic and needless war of choice” in Eastern Europe.
Myanmar coup puts seal on autocracy’s rise in SE Asia
New York Times, Published on 13/04/2021
» Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
Top Iranian general killed in US strike
New York Times, Published on 03/01/2020
» BAGHDAD: President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj Gen Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike on the Baghdad International Airport early Friday, American officials said.
North and South Korea set bold goals
New York Times, Published on 28/04/2018
» SEOUL, South Korea: The leaders of North and South Korea agreed Friday to work to remove all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and, within the year, pursue talks with the United States to declare an official end to the Korean War, which ravaged the peninsula from 1950 to 1953.
Born in blood, Myanmar's army prospers
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2018
» YANGON: For Myanmar's army, the campaign of atrocity it has waged to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims out of the country is no innovation. The force was born in blood 76 years ago and has been shedding it ever since.
South Korea’s election: pivotal issues
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2017
» South Koreans are selecting a new president today in a vote that will turn on several crucial issues: relations with North Korea and the United States; economic inequality; and the enduring power of the country’s family-controlled conglomerates, known as chaebol. Here’s how these issues are playing out in the election.
Pyongyang rocket shapes regional relations
News, New York Times, Published on 12/02/2016
» When China's leader, Xi Jinping, visited the United States' firm ally South Korea in 2014, it seemed to be the beginning of a promising courtship.