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Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year amid pressures

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said, as the self-ruled island faces China's military and diplomatic pressure

Warner's double ton in 100th test powers hosts to big lead; shuts critics

Facing pressure to retain his place in Australia's team, David Warner defied his critics and heatwave conditions with a spectacular return to form, scoring a memorable 200 in his 100th test

Japan PM sacks 4th minister in two months to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet

Kenya Akiba, minister in charge of reconstruction of Fukushima and other disaster-hit areas, has faced allegations of mishandling political and election funds

UN agency seeks information on origin of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia

At least 185 men, women and children disembarked from a rickety wooden boat Monday at dusk on Ujong Pie beach at Muara Tiga, a coastal village in Aceh's Pidie district

South Korea to pardon former leader Myung-bak Lee for corruption crimes

The South Korean govt of President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday it will grant a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to a 17-year prison term for a range of corruption crimes

Shares advance in Asia after China relaxes more Covid Zero policy

Shares advanced in Asia after China announced it would relax more of its pandemic restrictions despite widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that are straining its medical systems and disrupting business

South Korea's leader calls for stealth drones to monitor North Korea

S Korea's president called for a stronger air defence and high-tech stealth drones to better monitor North Korea, a day after Seoul accused N Korea of flying 5 drones across the rivals' tense border

Kim Jong Un claims North Korean successes, says it faces challenges

Kim compared hardships and challenges since a bigger party meeting in early 2021 to the ten-year struggle of the revolution

Serbia places its troops on Kosovo border on combat alert, ignores NATO

Officials claim alleged harassment of Kosovo Serbs by ethnic Albanians who are a majority in the breakaway province that declared its independence in 2008

Death toll from historic blizzard in western New York rises to 28

Those who lost their lives around Buffalo were found in cars, homes and snowbanks. Some died while shovelling snow, others when emergency crews could not respond in time to medical crises

Shot down Ukrainian drone near air base; second instance in month: Russia

Russian military reported that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an air base deep inside Russia, the second time the facility has been targeted this month

Over 1,000 senior Israeli air force veterans say incoming govt a danger

In a letter to the chief of Israel's Supreme Court and other top officials, they said the alliance of religious and ultranationalist parties threatens Israel's future

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives, advisories issued

With snow swirling down untouched and impassable streets, forecasters warned that an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow was possible in some areas

China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hrs to display force

Between 6 am Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides

South Korea fires warning shots after drones from North cross border

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said several unmanned North Korean drones crossed the inter-Korean border and were detected in the South's territory on Monday

Russian military says it shot down Ukrainian drone approaching airbase

The Russian military reported Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, the second time the facility has been targeted this month

Holiday sales up 7.6% as US spending remained resilient amid inflation

Holiday sales rose this as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure

Packed hospitals, crowded crematoriums as Covid-19 roils Chinese towns

Experts have forecast between a million and 2 million deaths in China through the end of next year

Heavy snow in Japan kills 17; dozens injured, homes left without power

Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles on highways, delaying delivery services

Migrants dropped near V-P Harris' home as Texas calls for Biden's attention

Republicans argue Biden and Harris, designated the administration's point person on the root causes of migration, have relaxed restrictions that induced many people to leave their countries of origin