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Dutch WWII-Era Shipwrecks Have Mysteriously Disappeared

4:39pm November 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Divers discovered that three Dutch shipwrecks dating back to World War II have vanished from the sea floor near Indonesia. Experts are puzzled and say they would be hard to salvage.

This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 4 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang.

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'Kim Fatty The Third' No More: China Reportedly Censors Mockery Of Kim Jong Un

3:12pm November 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The nickname making fun of North Korea's leader apparently has been wiped from China's major search engine and microblogging platform. The phrase "Kim Fat Fat Fat," however, was left untouched.

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Crackdown On Black Market Causes Cash Crunch In India

9:59am November 16, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

People in India are camped out in long lines at banks seeking to exchange high-denomination currency that the government has withdrawn from circulation.

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The world's largest radio telescope is nestled among the jagged, green mountains of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

In Southwest China, A 'Very Large Eyeball' Peers Into Deep Space

9:30am November 16, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

The new telescope will help discover new galaxies and will observe the hydrogen clouds from which stars and planets are born. But not everyone's happy. 9,000 locals were displaced to make room for it.

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Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany.

The Story Behind The 'Tea And Oranges' In Leonard Cohen's Song 'Suzanne'

6:04pm November 15, 2016

by Nina Martyris

Cohen's friend Suzanne Verdal fed him a black tea with pieces of orange rind in it. That tea is Constant Comment, sold by the Bigelow Tea Co. First sold in the 1940s, it remains popular even today.

The flood-swollen Tawi River rages past the city of Jammu in northern India in 2014.

Report: Disasters Are Even More Disastrous Than We Think

5:03pm November 14, 2016

by Angus Chen

When damage from floods and earthquakes is tallied, the emphasis is on lost property and possessions. The poor face another, even more devastating kind of loss.

Two Chinese J-10 aircraft cross each other during a military exercise in 2015.

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Questions About China's Military Training After Female Fighter Pilot Dies

12:58pm November 14, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Yu Xu was a member of the Chinese air force's elite aerobatics team, and was the first woman to fly China's J-10 fighter jet. She died in a training accident over the weekend.

Anti-government protesters hold placards calling for the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-Hye as they march towards the Gwanghwamun area of central Seoul on Saturday.

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At Least 500,000 Protest In Seoul Demanding Korean President's Resignation

9:35am November 12, 2016

by Elise Hu

Pressure has been mounting for weeks on President Park Geun-hye, whose approval rating is at five percent amid a mushrooming cronyism scandal.

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Indian Currency Ban Sends Country Into Panic

4:21pm November 11, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

India has declared large denominations — 500 and 1,000 rupee notes — no longer legal tender. The scheme is intended to curb the so-called "black economy" that thrives on unaccounted for cash.

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Chinese Construction Workers Set Off Dynamite And Uncover 'New' Dinosaur Species

4:13pm November 11, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Workmen building a high school in southern China were blasting through bedrock – and when the dust settled, they found they had uncovered a well-preserved dinosaur skeleton.