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Tokyo sees first snow of season, 14 days later than last season

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Chinese digital blueprint for Vietnam’s social engineering

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Trump threatens Iran over protest crackdown as deadly unrest flares

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Yemen's Saudi-backed government launches operation against UAE-backed separatists

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South Korean court issues fresh arrest warrant for ex-president Yoon

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South Korean court issues fresh arrest warrant for former president Yoon

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Trump threatens Iran over protest deaths as unrest flares

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Wrong crown jewels: Streaker bares all for Japan emperor

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Pakistan court sentences journalists to life over links to protests after Imran Khan’s arrest

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China launches crackdown on ‘vulgar’ AI-altered videos

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The one design feature that makes Taiwan ‘ugly’

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South Koreans now free to read North’s newspaper, once banned as seditious

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Russia-India logistics deal could serve US interests over China’s

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Molotov cocktail, dead chickens sent to Indonesian government critics, rights groups say

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Indian families grieve deaths caused by contaminated tap water

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Is world peace even possible? Here’s where to start

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Sri Lanka launches investigation over English syllabus’ gay website link

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US debt surge leaves China, Japan holding the bag in 2026

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Yemen's Hadramout to launch 'peaceful operation' to reclaim military sites, says region's Saudi-backed governor

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Hong Kong arrests 21 for corruption in building renovation crackdown

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10 state-run universities in South Korea reject 162 applicants over school bullying records

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Lack of moderate voices around Japan PM Sanae Takaichi sparks concern

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PAS president says party to chair opposition pact PN, has ‘many’ qualified candidates

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Saudi envoy says leader of Yemen separatist group STC blocked delegation's Aden landing

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Contaminated water kills 9 in India’s Indore city; 200 hospitalised

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Islamist PAS set to lead Malaysia’s opposition PN; Hadi Awang says decision on new chairman soon

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Canada asks Air India to probe case of pilot removed from plane under influence of alcohol: Source

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In China, AI finds deadly tumours that doctors may miss

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Pakistan’s nuclear command change much ado about nothing

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Under attack from extremists, Bangladesh’s cultural activists fight back with music

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Russia-India defining drivers of the future of trade

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China military drills near Taiwan 'unnecessarily' raise tensions: US

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Malaysia schools in a knot after move to make neckties optional for students

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Shares are higher in Asia in an upbeat start to the new year

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China slashes hundreds of tariffs in strategic trade war twist

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Litterbugs in Malaysia, including foreigners, may trim trees in new community service punishment

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Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use

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America’s world turned upside down

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Japan aims to cut 25% of clothes waste by 2030 via recycling, re-use

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Snow expected in Tokyo and neighbouring areas

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PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang eyed to lead Perikatan Nasional but alternatives in play

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China taxes condoms, contraceptive drugs in bid to spur birth rate

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Indonesia’s palm oil power only as strong as its sustainability

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Japan PM joins fight for more female toilets in parliament

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China military drills near Taiwan ‘unnecessarily’ raise tensions: US

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China's BYD set to overtake Tesla as world's top EV seller

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Three arrested after demolition of elderly woman’s home in Indonesia that went viral

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