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Nepal turns to drones to deliver flood relief

DEVIGHAT, Nepal, Sept 9 - With roads and bridges destroyed and helicopters busy with search and rescue operations after last month's devastating floods, Nepal’s army is turning to drones to deliver relief to displaced people.

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Iran signaling it has incentive to escalate the war

Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in. Tehran says its solid-fuel Qassem Basir missile enables it to “take action against any threat,

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What Iran’s resilience tells China, Russia about US power

When the US-Israeli war against Iran began, few in Beijing or Moscow likely expected Tehran to withstand military pressure from two of the world’s most capable powers. In the early days, US and Israeli air, intelligence and technological superiority were striking, and Iran

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New Zealand public servants walk off job over pay offer

WELLINGTON, Sept 9 - Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants walked off the job for several hours on Wednesday, adding to pressure on a government confronting a weak urban economy and middle-income households strained by high living costs ahead of an election in about two

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How Asia is redefining what BRICS really means

Washington will watch this week’s BRICS summit through the lens of China, Russia and de-dollarization — and miss the more consequential story: Asian priorities on development, technology, energy and connectivity are quietly reshaping what BRICS has become. India has long argued

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