New Zealand lawmaker cycles to hospital to give birth

A New Zealand lawmaker made her own way to a hospital to have her baby, covering the kilometers from her suburban home to a maternity ward on a bicycle.

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Mother to meet son she hasn't seen in 68 years

Lee Keum-seom hasn't held her son in 68 years. The last time she saw him, Sang Chol was four years old, and together with her husband and their daughter, they were headed south, fleeing the fighting during the early days of the Korean War.

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Thousands of people are still trapped after deadly floods ravaged Kerala

Monsoon rains and heavy flooding have killed hundreds of people and forced more than 300,000 others to seek shelter in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Imran Khan: Pakistan's Trump?

Imran Khan, like Trump, rose on a nationalist populist platform, but it's unclear if he can use his popularity among Taliban to influence policy in Afghanistan.

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Indonesian police accused of killing dozens ahead of Asian Games

Police in Indonesia have killed dozens of low-level criminals ahead of hosting the 2018 Asian Games, Amnesty International alleged in a report Thursday.

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Report details abuse in care homes across Indian state

Children and adults in care homes in Bihar were subjected to sustained sexual, mental and physical abuse, according to a newly released report that has caused a national outcry.

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Malaysia repeals controversial fake news law

Malaysia has repealed a controversial anti-fake news law, which has been widely condemned for stifling free speech since its introduction in April.

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Taiwan bakery caught between Taipei and Beijing over presidential visit

A visit by Taiwan's President has left a popular bakery caught between two increasingly adversarial governments in Beijing and Taipei.

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Kerala floods: More than 100 dead in Indian deluge

Flash floods and landslides have killed 109 people in Kerala since torrential monsoon rains first battered the south Indian state last week, authorities said Friday.

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China 'likely' training pilots to target US, increasing military pressure on Taiwan, US report says

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Fast Facts

Read CNN's Fast Facts about Atal Bihari Vajpayee and learn more about the former Prime Minister of India.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Indian prime minister, dies at 93

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India's tenth prime minister, died Thursday in New Delhi at the age of 93.

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Trump's strategy is failing and the Taliban is winning

Instead of winning the war in Afghanistan, the goal appears to be for the West to engineer a justifiable exit, or discreetly wind down the war.

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This is the rover China will send to the dark side of the moon

China has unveiled a new lunar rover as it prepares to become the first nation in the world to explore the dark side of the moon later this year.

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Kerala floods: Red alert issued as death toll rises in Indian state

Severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala has killed 67 people in the past week, and more heavy rain is forecast in coming days.

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Kim Jong Nam trial: Judge rules women's lawyers must mount defense

Two women charged with murdering Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will remain in custody as their lawyers mount a defense against the prosecution's claims.

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Number of faulty children's vaccines in China surges to over 900,000

Hundreds of thousands of additional vaccines intended for children have been found to be faulty, the Chinese government announced Wednesday, raising the number of known defective vaccines in the country to almost one million.

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Women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam could be freed

Two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could walk free Thursday, if a judge decides there's not enough evidence to proceed with their trial.

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Stolen Buddha statue returning home after 57 years

In 1961, 14 statues were stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India site museum in Nalanda, eastern India. Now one is to make the journey home.

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Faith, fury and fear: The story behind one of history's greatest mass migrations

How was a British colony split into the nations of India and Pakistan? And what led to one of the most harrowing events of the 20th century?

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India launches first all-female SWAT team

India's first all-female Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team took to the streets of New Delhi this week as the country marked 71 years of independence.

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In 1947, Britain divided India into two independent nations. One side remained India, a predominantly Hindu state, while the other became Pakistan, a new country forged out of India's Muslim community.

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Indian man returns home 36 years after he disappeared, but mystery remains

Gajanand Sharma wandered across the Indian border into Pakistan in 1982. He was arrested and spent the next 36 years in prison.

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Modi says India will launch manned space mission by 2022

India will launch its first manned mission to space by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address to the nation.

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Beijing should 'temper' its behavior in the South China Sea, Duterte says

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the Chinese government to tone down its behavior in the South China Sea, warning ongoing tensions could spark an accidental conflict.

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After wreaking havoc in Africa, crop-destroying worm reaches Asia

After leaving a trail of ruined crops in Africa and the Americas, an invasive worm has been found in India, prompting concern that it could have a devastating effect on the country's agriculture.

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Hong Kong independence talk goes ahead amid protests

A hotly anticipated speech by a pro-Hong Kong independence activist went ahead Tuesday at the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club, amid government pressure and protests by pro-China groups.

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Former political rising star in South Korea acquitted of sexual assault

A former South Korean governor and one-time presidential contender has been acquitted of sexual assault by coercion in one of the highest profile cases to emerge from the MeToo movement in South Korea.

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China says claims 1M Uyghurs imprisoned in camps 'completely untrue'

China has vociferously defended its human rights record at the United Nations, after accusations were made that more than a million Uyghur Muslims have been imprisoned in political reeducation camps.

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Lombok earthquake death toll surges above 400

The death toll from the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Lombok more than a week ago has surged to 436, authorities said Monday.

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Taipei hospital fire leaves 9 dead, 15 injured

Fire ripped through a hospital in Taiwan Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than dozen, authorities said.

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North and South Korean leaders to meet in Pyongyang in September

The leaders of North and South Korea will hold a second summit in Pyongyang in September, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry.

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Afghan forces confront Taliban militants in Ghazni days after brazen attack

Afghan police have begun a "clearance operation" in the city of Ghazni, two days after a brazen Taliban led to the deaths of more than 100 people.

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'Unprecedented' floods in Indian tourist hotspot kill dozens; 40,000 evacuated

Kerala floods: Dozens of people have died, and tens of thousands more evacuated, after flash flooding in a tourist hotspot in southern India over the weekend.

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