Asia Map Shows Region Rocked by Powerful Earthquakes in 24 Hours
More than 20 earthquakes have hit central and southeast Asia in the last 24 hours, with one of the most powerful in 75 years ...
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Southeast Asia
Research on Southeast Asia includes work on Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia. From the end of the Cold War until recently, US influence in Southeast Asia was huge. Now, with ...
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Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia Fellowship
Graduate and Undergraduate fellows of the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia will participate as active members of the Saxena Center community for a period of one year. The fellowship will ...
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Indian cities dominate global pollution rankings
South Asia's pollution skyrockets in winter months, and highlighting India's struggle, the report said that Baddi in Himachal Pradesh state had an average reading of 165 microns in January -- 33 times ...
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Particulate matter levels in air exceed WHO limits in majority of world's big cities
March 11 (UPI) --Fewer than one in five global cities met World Health Organization air pollution standards in 2024 with Central and South Asia accounting for the nine most polluted metropolitan ...
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Smog bound Indian cities dominate global pollution rankings: report
South Asia's pollution skyrockets in winter months, and highlighting India's struggle, the report said that Baddi in Himachal Pradesh state had an average reading of 165 microns in January -- 33 ...
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The list of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities is out. All but one are in Asia
The only city outside of Asia featured on the list is N’Djamena, the capital of Chad in central Africa – which was named the country with the worst air pollution. Meanwhile the cities with the ...
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Wheesung, a South Korean R&B Singer, Is Found Dead at 43
Jin Yu Young reports on South Korea, the Asia Pacific region and global breaking news from Seoul. More about Jin Yu Young ...
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Trump's 'America First' policies targeting South Korea, says acting president
Trump has threatened to impose "all-out pressure" on South Korea, Choi said, citing his comments to the U.S. Congress where he singled out the key U.S. Asia ally for applying high tariffs.
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Plastic wasteland: Asia’s ocean pollution crisis
a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.
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Gulf of America to South China Sea – how maps name disputed territories
Baidu Maps is widely used in China, and Naver Map is the go-to map app in South Korea. President Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be called the Gulf of America shortly after taking office in ...
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Attacks in Thailand's south kill five, wound 13, police say
BANGKOK: Five people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in two attacks in Thailand's troubled south, police said on Sunday (Mar 9). A low-level conflict has simmered in Thailand's ...