Mongolia

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Martial Arts Expert Sworn In As Mongolian President

Mongolian businessman and martial arts expert Khaltmaa Battulga was sworn in as president Monday, vowing to revive the...

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Martial Arts Expert Clinches Mongolian Presidential Election

A brash businessman with martial arts skills clinched Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election Saturday after...

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Martial Arts Experts Leads Mongolia Presidential Election

A brash businessman with martial arts skills was leading Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff election early...

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Mongolians Vote In Their First Presidential Runoff

Mongolians head to the polls on Friday in the country's first-ever presidential runoff after the first round elections...

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Mongolia Changes Presidential Runoff Date To July 7

Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff has been brought forward by two days to July 7 due to a traditional sporting...

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Mongolia’s Losing Presidential Candidate Demands Recount

Mongolia's third-place finisher in the presidential vote demanded a recount on Tuesday, claiming fraud after election...

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Mongolia To Hold First Presidential Runoff On July 9

Mongolia will hold its first ever presidential runoff vote on July 9 after none of the three candidates secured an...

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In Mongolia, Democracy Unfolds In A Yurt

At 6:55 a.m. on Monday, a man in rural Mongolia stood outside a yurt and looked down at his watch. Five minutes...

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Weary Mongolians To Vote After ‘dark’ Campaigns

Mongolians head to the polls on Monday to choose between a horse breeder, a judoka and a feng shui master after a...

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Mongolian Voters Weigh Love-Hate Relationship With China

The waving flags, triumphant song and rousing speeches of a Mongolian presidential campaign rally were interrupted by a...

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Corruption Scandals Muddy Mongolia’s Presidential Vote

Mongolians pick a new president Monday after a campaign marred by corruption scandals plaguing all three candidates,...

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Former Top Chinese Cop Executed For Murder

A former regional police chief in China was executed for murder, state media said Friday, after reports described his...

International

Deadly Gas Leak Kills 18 Coal Miners In Central China

A gas leak has killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central China, including the manager and others who...

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Gas Leak Kills 18 Miners In Central China

A gas leak has killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central China's Hunan province, state media reported...

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Alibaba Backs Decision To Add Video Games To ‘Asia Olympics’

Online retail giant Alibaba Thursday batted down criticism over a decision to add e-sports to the lineup of the 2022...

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Reporters Without Borders Opens First Asia Office In Taiwan

International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after...

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Aerospace Engineer Sending A Piece of Ghana To Space

The interest in Space programs keeps climbing on the African continent. Have you heard of the teenage girls from Cape...

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17 Killed In China Coal Mine Accident

Seventeen Chinese coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, state media reported, the...

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Conflicts of Interest Keep Mongolian Child Jockeys In the Saddle

Mongolian courts banned them, human rights groups slammed them and the labour ministry demands they cease, but none of...