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Participants explored some of Singapore’s most famous sites like the Jewel Changi Airport and the Gardens by the Bay.

Local media footage showed crumbled facades of multi-storied brick houses, with large pieces of furniture scattered.

Charged with murder as well as gun crimes • Two were killed, five wounded • Mass shootings are rare in Thailand, though gun violence is common

The diplomatically-isolated Syrian leader is in China to advance efforts to bring to an end more than a decade of diplomatic isolation under Western sanctions.

When asked by reporters if Russia would help Kim build satellites, Putin replied: "That's why we came here."

The true meaning of this project is to be in direct competition with the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, a route modeled on the old Silk Road, connecting China and Europe through Central Asia.

It was not clear why the Taliban detained the journalist, though the Taliban have cracked down on media since they took over the country two years ago.

Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for three years of increased military pressure from Beijing.

Mohammad Hossein Velayati, an Iranian photojournalist working for the Tasnim News Agency, was arrested by the Taliban in Kabul.

New research methods allow us to know what food was cooked in which pot during the Mykop period (3700-2900 BCE).