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Summit with Russia, India and Iran shows leverage wars have given Xi of China

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Too young for a pension, too old for youth aid: Seoul eyes midlife savings plan

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Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster

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China warns of ‘consequences’ over Taiwan’s attendance at Pacific leaders meeting

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China warns of 'consequences' over Taiwan's attendance at Pacific leaders meeting

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Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants to strike on Sept 9

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Hyundai Motor’s South Korean union approves wage deal

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South Korea’s Lee accepts resignation of policy adviser following Cabinet reshuffle

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South Korea's Lee accepts resignation of policy adviser following cabinet reshuffle

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Visitor numbers to Japan’s Kumamoto Castle drops after quake reopening

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US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze

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Trump posts AI slop of Iran bombing

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How Shein lost its shine ahead of long-awaited stock market debut

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Japan Inc is betting big on India as China risks deepen

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Orangutans in danger as wildfires blaze through Borneo

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JB commercial areas are short of parking due to Singapore workers. Can a new paid system solve this?

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Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, technocrat who feuded with Chirac, dies at 97

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Taiwan steps up AI defenses as China election interference fears grow

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Explosion at India firecracker factory kills 11, including eight children

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Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says

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Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously

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Tribunal says India cannot withdraw from water treaty with Pakistan

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'I haven't lost my hope' - the search for missing loved ones

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India’s Modi tells Russia’s Putin that the war in Ukraine must end for humanity’s sake

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agree to establish secretariat under joint defence pact

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Putin, Xi hold talks in Kyrgyzstan as regional summit begins

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Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 students in Nepal, school headmaster says

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Veteran diplomat Tommy Koh wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

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‘Unpredictable’ China strengthening air and sea control nearby, says Taiwan

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Malaysia’s Sarawak eyes cloud seeding as haze worsens

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India must uphold water-sharing treaty with Pakistan, international court says

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Sri Lanka’s ex-finance minister arrested over alleged corruption

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Japan’s main opposition party in Lower House signals break-up

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Large fire spreads in central Japan shopping district near sacred Shinto shrine

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Once a village, now barren land - BBC in valley devastated by floods

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Japan to survey emergency shelters in preparation for missile strikes

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Japan seeks record US$55.6 billion defence budget, with AI focus

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S. Korean police under fire after backtracking on hanging evidence in missing woman’s death in Jeju

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Japan seeks record $70.9b defence budget, with AI focus

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Japan’s biggest curry chain CoCo Ichibanya headed for sale

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Suspicious man in Ultraman costume nabbed at Malaysia’s National Day celebration in Perak

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Surge in orders for repellent made with Aomori chilli pepper amid more bear sightings

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As typhoon risks grow, farmers in China’s Guangdong adapt to protect their livelihoods

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Japan’s oldest person, 115-year-old woman from Nara prefecture, dies

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China’s visa-free boom is rewriting inbound tourism

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Nepal-Tibet disaster: Singapore to send police officers specialising in disaster victim identification

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US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced

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China punishes 10 people over Nepal-Tibet disaster ‘rumours’ amid misinformation crackdown

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