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Climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names
Climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names

Just outside Vienna, climbers scramble up "Fortress Europe", one of the routes up an impressive rockface towering over fields and forests. At a campsite near the "Fortress Europe" route, opinions differed on how to deal with the problem.

Seoul's military says it salvaged North Korean missile debris
Seoul's military says it salvaged North Korean missile debris

South Korea's military said Wednesday it had retrieved and analysed debris from a missile the North fired across the two countries' de facto maritime border during a recent blitz of launches. On Wednesday, the defence ministry said in a statement that it had successfully retrieved a three-meter-long, two-meter-wide piece of debris, which it identified as a North Korean SA-5 missile.

Asian markets turn tepid after China factory data
Asian markets turn tepid after China factory data

Asian stocks made a positive start Wednesday following gains on Wall Street but lost momentum as factory gate prices in China fell for the first time in nearly two years. Official data showed Wednesday that China's producer price index (PPI) fell by 1.3 percent on-year in October, pushing it into negative territory for the first time since December 2020.

Inside the 'living hell' of Cambodia's scam operations
Inside the 'living hell' of Cambodia's scam operations

Trafficked, beaten and locked up far from his family in China, Lu was one of thousands of people in Cambodia forced to operate online scams to line their captors' pockets. "People were beaten or tortured and sold if they refused to scam others."