President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, February 13.

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A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said.

The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung city, the Taichung Fire Bureau said. The higher floors of the upscale department store were blown out, raining debris on pedestrians below.

Among the dead were two people visiting from Macau, Macao's Tourism Office confirmed Thursday. Local media reported that they were part of a family of seven who were there for tourism. The other five were also injured are now being treated at local hospitals in Taichung.

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Part of the store was under renovation, but it's not clear if the work was connected to the explosion, Taichung Vice Mayor Cheng Chao-hsin told reporters at the scene. "If it's found there were illegal actions or parts that violated renovation regulations, it will be dealt with appropriately," Cheng said.

Dozens of firefighters were deployed to the scene at about 11:30 a.m. Parts of the building's exterior were damaged and scattered fragments were strewn on the streets.

Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen told reporters at the scene that she felt the shock at her office nearby. She said the fire bureau would focus on a rescue operation first, but an investigation was also underway and officers were checking whether there were other sources of danger.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said he had asked all relevant government agencies to investigate the cause of the accident.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Monday it has advised other government agencies to take precautions against China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (A.I.) because it “excessively” harvests personal data from users.

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China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs went into effect on Monday, imposing levies of 10% to 15% on a range of key American goods, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), coal, agricultural equipment, and automotive products.

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China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs released data on Monday that showed marriage applications declined by 20 percent last year.

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Jordan Mailata, the giant rugby convert hailing from Australia, drew plenty of cheers Down Under on Sunday as he spoke of his “crazy, crazy journey so far” after making history by becoming the first Australian to claim a Super Bowl victory.

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An aircraft contracted by the Department of Defense (DOD) crashed in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, killing an American service member and three defense contractors.

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Elon Musk's Tesla experienced an 11.5 percent decline in China EV sales during January, as domestic rivals continued to gain ground in the world's largest auto market.

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President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on Friday at the White House, where they were set to discuss topics including North Korea and U.S. Steel.

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West Australian (WA) independent lawmaker Benjamin Letts Dawkins legally changed his name to “Aussie Trump” this week, a move he described as a protest against “the tyranny and systematic corruption of the Labor government in WA.”

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In a terse statement on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian condemned President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and defended the Hamas-dominated Palestinian government.

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The Trump administration repatriated its first planeload of Indian nationals Wednesday as 104 men were loaded aboard a military plane bound for the subcontinent.

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The Foreign Ministry of North Korea published a rant on Monday calling America the "most depraved country in the world" and condemning Secretary of State Marco Rubio by name, the country's first direct attack on the second administration of President Donald Trump.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio succeeded in convincing Panama's President José Raúl Mulino to opt out of renewing its agreement with China regarding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

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Hamas terrorists called out to workers from Thailand in their native tongue to lure them out of hiding, only to murder them or take them hostage during the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel.

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President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports was criticized Sunday by Beijing, with the move branded a “serious violation” of international trade rules.

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OpenAI, the creator of the popular ChatGPT AI chatbot, claims to have found evidence suggesting that Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek used OpenAI's data to train its own competing models.

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China's DeepSeek rocked the world of AI this week, but beyond questions about how the company actually developed its model, fresh concerns about its data collection practices and potential national security implications are popping up.

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Police in Quetta, Pakistan, arrested a man this week who reportedly confessed to killing his daughter because he did not approve of her publishing videos on the Chinese social media application TikTok.

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China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday marveled at the high-tech entertainments on display for this year’s Spring Festival, praising a troupe of dancing robots as evidence the Communist nation has become the world’s leading tech power.

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