Polar bear invasion: Parents scared to send children to school

Parents in a remote Russian archipelago are scared to send their children to school after a "mass invasion" of polar bears into residential areas, state news agency TASS reported.

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Bonsai thief steals $118,000 of tiny trees from garden

Among the loot was a rare 400-year-old shinpaku tree, a star of the bonsai world, which was due to be entered in a Japanese beauty competition this month.

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Acting US Defense Secretary makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan landed in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit Monday amid increasing uncertainty about the future of the longest-running US war in history.

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How 1MDB finally caught up with Najib Razak

On Tuesday, former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will appear in court, facing years in prison on corruption charges which seemed impossible less than a year ago.

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Hong Kong is being invaded by wild boars

Last May, Australian Liz Walsh, her husband and their two-year-old twins, moved into a 30-story apartment block in an upmarket residential area near Hong Kong's financial and business district.

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100 vehicles crash in China, leaving 2 dead, 50 injured

At least two people were killed and more than 50 others injured when more than 100 vehicles piled up in China on Saturday, according to state-run broadcaster CGTN.

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Turkey condemns China's 'torture and political brainwashing' in Xinjiang

Turkey has denounced Beijing's controversial mass "re-education" camps in China's western region of Xinjiang, calling them a "great shame for humanity."

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