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North Korea's Kim Jong Un attends New Year's celebrations, KCNA says

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Condom tax and cheaper childcare: China's plan to boost birth rates

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Pentagon says Lockheed Martin gets $328.5 million Taiwan military sale contract

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Did you catch these 10 stories in 2025? This is why they’re not to be missed

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China wants more homegrown chips in its cars. The hard part isn’t geopolitics

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Commentary: Moutai hangover – why China’s fanciest liquor is in a slump

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India imposes excise duty on cigarettes, effective Feb 1

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US judge blocks Trump move to end protected status for thousands from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua

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Thailand frees 18 Cambodian soldiers under new ceasefire deal

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Sydney sends message of peace for New Year's after Bondi attack

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Sydney rings in New Year with nod to victims of Bondi attack

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Xi says China to hit 2025 growth target of 'around 5 per cent'

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China says live-fire drills around Taiwan 'completed successfully'

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India-Japan strategic convergence in the Indo-Pacific

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US or China: Whose bubbles will loom larger in 2026?

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Huge crowds mourn Bangladesh's first female PM at state funeral

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Bangladesh’s Islamist party open to unity government after February vote

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Bangladesh's Islamist party open to unity government after February vote

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China says to impose extra 55% tariffs on some beef imports

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China says live-fire drills around Taiwan ‘completed successfully’

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Philippines challenges Chinese vessel off northern province amid Taiwan tensions

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China will push more proactive macro policies in 2026, Xi says

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Japanese women MPs want more seats of the toilet kind; 58 including Japan PM submit petition

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Has China gone soft on drugs? Law on keeping drug use records confidential divides netizens

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South Korea set for icy cold start to 2026, with low of minus 15 deg C expected on Jan 1

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Jailed HK tycoon's 'teeth rotting and fingernails falling off', daughter tells BBC

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Indonesia’s new criminal code requires public oversight, minister says

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Indonesia's new criminal code requires public oversight, minister says

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Over 100 injured as monorail trains crash at Indian hydropower site

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Japan says China's military drills around Taiwan 'increase tensions'

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Bangladesh mourns ex-PM Khaleda Zia with state funeral

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The universe could very well be lopsided

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Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers held since July

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Soft tariff shock, US math anxiety and China’s land of robots

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Russia's Gerasimov says Putin ordered Ukraine buffer zone expansion in 2026

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Myanmar junta says voter turnout at 52% in first phase of election

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Man at the heart of Taliban’s harsh, inept and fractured rule

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Thailand frees 18 Cambodian soldiers as ceasefire holds

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Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers held since July as fresh ceasefire holds

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India’s electronics boom rolling into a ‘Second Wave’

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Malaysia activists renew reform calls after ex-PM Najib’s jail sentence for 1MDB scandal

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Malaysia activists renew reform calls after ex-PM Najib jailed for 1MDB scandal

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Teen stabbed in fight with another student in Seoul’s Gangnam district

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Spitting, littering offenders in KL face fines up to $630 as city aims to step up enforcement

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Silver slips lower in mixed end to Asia trading year

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Asia markets mixed in final day of 2025 trading

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