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Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is seen at his residence in New Delhi in July 2007.

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Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Dies

1:37pm August 16, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Vajpayee served as premier three times. He was a poet and nature lover who tested nuclear bombs. He sparked an arms race with Pakistan, but later launched peace talks and a cross-border bus service.

Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong (center), escorted by armed Malaysian police, leaves after facing trial at the Shah Alam High Court outside Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

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Judge Cites A 'Well-Planned Conspiracy' In Kim Jong Nam's Death

12:59pm August 16, 2018

by James Doubek

Two women who are accused of an attack on the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un using a nerve agent will remain in custody.

Buddhist monk Xuecheng, shown here at a conference in 2014, has resigned from his post after sexual misconduct allegations.

Senior Chinese Monk Resigns After Sexual Misconduct Allegations

5:17pm August 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A top Buddhist monk in China was accused by multiple nuns in a report that circulated on social media. He has publicly denied the reports of misconduct.

U.S.-China Tariff Fight Keeps Some Cargo Ships Circling Destinations

8:17am August 15, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Mark Szokyoni, executive editor of The Journal of Commerce about how the tariff spat between China and the U.S. affects cross-ocean shipping and logistics.

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Australian Lawmaker Refers To 'Final Solution' In Push For Muslim Immigration Ban

7:34am August 15, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In his maiden speech, newly minted Sen. Fraser Anning of the far-right Katter's Australian Party called for a revival of long-rescinded racially based immigration policies.

The Nashik Civil District Hospital is a government facility about 100 miles outside Mumbai. The director, Dr. Suresh Jagdale, acknowledges that the mortality rate is higher than that of private hospitals, but he says he's proud to offer free health treatm

India Aims For The World's Biggest Health Care Overhaul

1:33pm August 14, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Posh private hospitals give world-class care — and serve lattes. At government facilities, cancer patients sleep on the sidewalk. But the prime minister has a plan to help the poor.

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To Fix That Pain In Your Back, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit

2:49pm August 13, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn't strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures.

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North Korea and South Korea will hold their third high-level summit in September. The meetings were agreed to at a meeting of South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon, second from right, who shook hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son G

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2 Koreas' Leaders Will Hold New Summit In Pyongyang Next Month

11:21am August 13, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," read a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

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Amid Friction With The U.S., North Korea Sets A Summit With The South

7:23am August 13, 2018

by Michael Sulllivan

Senior officials from North and South Korea met Monday and scheduled a September date for a third summit between South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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Rohingya Of Myanmar Remain In Refugee Camps In Bangladesh

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

U.N. aid agencies and the government of Bangladesh have criticized Myanmar for delays in offering safe return to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled their homes in Myanmar last August.