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Thais in mood for love on Valentine's Day

Government hands out vitamin pills to help healthy pregnancies and stimulate birthrate

Manila extends mining crackdown, cancels contracts

The Philippines' environment minister on Tuesday ordered the cancellation of 75 mining contracts, stepping up a campaign to stop extraction of resources in sensitive areas after earlier shutting more than half of the country's operating mines.

Top Trump aide Flynn steps down

Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned amid controversy over his contacts with the Russian government, a first stunning departure from the president's inner circle less than a month after his inauguration.

Tens of thousands remain in shelters

Tens of thousands of Northern California residents remained in shelters on Tuesday as engineers worked to shore up a crumbling overflow channel and drain the rain-swollen reservoir at the United States' tallest dam before new storms sweep the region.

Toshiba chairman resigns over huge loss

Toshiba warned on Tuesday it was on track to book a $6.2 billion writedown in its United States nuclear power business, prompting its chairman to resign as it hinted at a fresh accounting scandal.

Hundreds arrested in US immigration raids; rights groups alarmed

Immigration officers last week arrested more than 680 people in the United States illegally, the homeland security chief said on Monday, in a broad enforcement action that alarmed immigrant rights groups.

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US dam risk prompts California evacuation

Heavy rains in the drought-plagued state have caused such danger

Indian Navy rejects homemade warplane

India's Navy is in the hunt for a new foreign fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy, the latest sign of the struggle to get Asian militaries to buy locally to grow their defense industries.

Hundreds of dead whales pose safety risk

New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses on Monday, popping the dead animals "like balloons", to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales became stranded.

Swiss ease citizenship for 25,000 foreigners

Voters in Switzerland decided on Sunday to make it easier for young "third-generation foreigners" to get Swiss citizenship, agreeing to extend to about 25,000 people under age 25 access to the fast-track process now available to foreign spouses of Swiss nationals.