China's Xi Jinping causes alarm with mass student trips to the country

An unremarkable Communist Party directive has sparked painful memories of past trauma for millions of people across China, with many drawing parallels with one of the most notorious policies of the Cultural Revolution.

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The Sunday school children: The little-known tragedy of the Sri Lankan Easter attacks

The first church Mohammed Nasar Mohammed Azar tried to blow up had already finished its service by the time he arrived. The Easter Sunday mass there had started early.

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Saturday marks the start of a series of events around the coronation of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, more than two years after he ascended the throne following the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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Thai king coronation ceremony: Latest updates

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South Korean defense ministry says North Korea has tested a short-range missile

North Korea fired an unidentified short-range missile Saturday morning from the country's eastern coast, the South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed to CNN by text message.

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Passenger on Chinese flight arrested after opening emergency exit

An elderly passenger has been arrested and detained in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong for endangering the safety of an aircraft, after he tried opened an emergency exit as the plane sat on the tarmac.

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Tropical Cyclone Fani made landfall Friday, May 3, near Puri, India, in Odisha state. The storm is the strongest tropical cyclone to hit India in 20 years.

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