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The United States and 10 ASEAN members are poised to begin joint maritime naval exercises in what appears to be a response to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and other Asian waters. Thailand and the U.S. are expected to be the co-leaders of the exercises that will begin in Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and end in Singapore. The drills are expected to last five days.

Map locating Chaoyangpo Village in China's Hubei province where eight schoolchildren were killed on Tuesday.

In the disturbing video, the man could be seen pouring boiling water from a kettle onto one of his dogs that was caged. He then approached the second canine, which was leashed, before whacking its legs with a baseball bat.

Tesla's hiring lots of engineers -- but it's for Tesla Shanghai in China.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam unloads her woes and angst in a closed-door talk before supporters caught on an audio recording.

Matthew Dellavedova take some time off at the FIBA World Cup 2019 and reveals he will becoming a dad soon.

Washington's additional 15 percent tariffs affected a portion of the $300 billion in goods from China that so far had been spared -- and prompted China's complaint to the World Trade Organization

Officials of the Cayenne-Félix Eboué Airport said that the man had 38 adult spiders, as well as 50 spiderlings and “dozens of egg-filled cocoons” hidden in his bag.

Thousands of the students headed to Hong Kong's city center for a rally against the bill that has been shelved but not totally withdrawn

Thousands of black-clad students rallied in central Hong Kong Monday at the start of a two-week university boycott, piling pressure on the city's leaders to resolve months of increasingly violent anti-government protests that show no sign of easing.Students have been the backbone of opposition to government plans to allow extraditions to China, a movement that has morphed into wider protests against the Beijing-backed territory's unelected leadership.

As of Monday afternoon the app remained the top free download in China

British manufacturing moved further into contraction last month, according to a survey

The islands in question are called Dokdo by the ROK; Japan calls them Takeshima. National Geographic, in a November 2018 article, described the islands as “seemingly inconsequential craggy islets."

Giant panda Meng Meng, which means 'Little Dream', has been living at Berlin Zoo since 2017

One explanation is that Duterte felt obligated to raise the subject because he had promised to do so in recent speeches he made in the Philippines before the current talks. Or the situation in Hong Kong that has garnered global attention may be why he took a milder tone.

Investors are poised to return to Wall Street Tuesday still spooked by Trump's and China's tariffs imposed Sept. 1.

The lunar lander for China’s Chang’e 4 mission encountered what appeared to be alien substance on the Moon. According to the scientists working on the mission, the strange substance had an unusual color and had gel-like properties.

The #ProtestToo hashtag was a play on 2017's global #MeToo movement that exposed sexual assault and harassment in high-profile industries

Johanna Konta is through to a first US Open quarter-final

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters threw morning rush hour train travel into chaos on Monday, kicking off another day of potential turmoil after a weekend featuring some of the worst violence in three months of anti-government protests.The global financial hub is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis as a largely leaderless movement has drawn millions on to the streets to protest against what they see as an erosion of freedoms and increasing interference in their affairs by Beijing.

China's massive trade infrastructure investment programme