North Korea claims more than a million people joined army this week
North Korea claimed Wednesday that more than a million young people had signed up for or rejoined the army this week after Pyongyang accused Seoul's military of sending drones into its airspace.
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Asian markets track Wall Street losses on worries over tech rally
Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday after a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street fuelled by worries about the sustainability of the AI rally, while oil prices clawed back some of the previous two days' hefty losses.
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Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity
Some approaches to tackling global warming can have unintended knock-on consequences for nature and the protection of biodiversity, say scientists urging a more coordinated effort on these challenges.
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In Indonesia, French poet Rimbaud's voyage still a mystery
In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial Dutch army before deserting after just two weeks, an escape still shrouded in mystery nearly 150 years later.
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Vintage Messi nets hat trick as Argentina hit Bolivia for six
Lionel Messi struck a vintage hat trick as world champions Argentina romped to a 6-0 win over Bolivia in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.
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Record number of women run for Japan general election
A record number of women are running in Japan's general election this month, although they still account for less than a quarter of candidates, local media said Wednesday.
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India's fireworks boom ahead of Hindu festival of lights
Wrapping heaps of cone-shaped sparklers in red paper and trimming lengths of silver fuse by the hundreds, workers at an Indian fireworks factory race to meet orders for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
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Egyptian geese spread wings in France, threatening biodiversity
They came a long way from sub-Saharan Africa to eastern France -- but now the Egyptian geese are quite at home there and are chasing out local ducks and swans, just one symptom of the world's biodiversity crisis.
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Canada marine protection plan aims to serve as global model
Viewed from above, Canada's newest Marine Protected Area (MPA) is deceptively simple: stretches of blue Pacific Ocean waters and a few patches of green forest.
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Lab-grown frogs: a Colombian's response to wildlife trafficking
Down a dirt track in Colombia, deep in a forest, conservationists are breeding prized exotic frogs to try to undercut traffickers who are plundering the country's jungles of its amphibians.
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