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Violent protests have erupted in Pucheng in the Shaanxi province of China following the death of a teenager in an accident at his school dormitory, with demonstrators seen hurling objects at police and officers beating others. The teenager-a third-year student with the surname Dang-had got into an argument and altercation with a boy in the middle of the night over noise in the dormitory.It was initially resolved by a school official, but his body was later found at the foot of the dormitory bloc

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The U.S. military has estimated that Kabul could come under insurgent pressure within 30 days and that the Taliban could overrun the rest of the country within a few months.... The Taliban, however, said they had captured the police headquarters and a nearby prison. The onslaught represents a stunning collapse of Afghan forces after the United States spent nearly two decades and$ 830 billion trying to establish a functioning state.... U.S. forces toppled the Taliban in the wake of the Sept....

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers had said this week that they would all resign if Beijing disqualified any members of their group.... It would hobble democracy supporters in the legislature, the main forum for opposition after street demonstrations were banned under social distancing requirements. Along with the national security law, the new powers represent the rapid expansion of Beijing’s influence over the territory.... But those moves had required both local court rulings and a legal r

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Image source, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Huge surf pounded Yilan on Taiwan's east coast as Typhoon Haikui lashed the island By Frances Mao and Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Singapore and Taipei More than 40 people were injured in Taiwan after Typhoon Haikui ripped across the island, uprooting trees and forcing thousands to evacuate. The storm-which made landfall on Sunday on the east coast-was the first to directly hit the island in four years. Amid torrential rain and high winds, two people in a m