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Taiwan simulates countering a Chinese maritime blockade in tabletop drill

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Race to record China’s vanishing Dong minority heritage

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Singapore sends condolences to Timor-Leste after former president Guterres’ death

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Indonesia weighs $2.59 billion cut to Prabowo’s signature free meals programme

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AI frenzy makes Asia ripe for a ‘chip wreck’

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Beaten and starved: Shock in India as police rescue men from bonded labour

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China uses US warship replica as target for missile tests, images show

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Iraq to consider all options if OPEC quota not raised, has weighed exit, sources say

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East Asia’s biotech autonomy push is already stunting innovation

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Cambodian reporters lose appeal against treason sentences

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Cambodia Supreme Court upholds jail sentences for two journalists accused of revealing military secrets

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H5N1 bird flu has reached every continent. How worried should you be?

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Breaking the algorithm: why AI will never master diplomacy

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Canadian defence minister says he discussed GCAP fighter with Japanese counterpart

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Bangkok heat index reaches 51.9 deg C, heightening heatstroke risk

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Thailand seeks to arrest fugitive Chinese businessman over illegal crypto mining

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Heavy rains from nearby typhoon pound Taiwan, 200 to be evacuated on east coast

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Hong Kong turns to AI to tackle persistent rat infestations, but challenges remain

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The political painting that is still on trial in South Korea

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U.S. defence firm Anduril in talks for Nissan plant to build drones in Japan, sources say

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Coach Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade

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Rubio visits Bahrain seeking Gulf backing for Iran deal

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Malaysia’s foreign minister says new Myanmar leadership ‘more open’ to suggestions

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Afghanistan’s economy is broken. Blame it on the Taliban

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Johor election: Chief minister denies allegations of royal interference in state assembly dissolution

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Taiwan starts Washington flights in milestone for uncertain ties

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Vietnam urges consumers to save power as heatwave drives record demand

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Talent, not technology, is reshaping the US-China AI race

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China targets face of international space cooperation in corruption crackdown

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Hong Kong arrests two for allegedly selling ‘seditious’ material

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Hong Kong arrests booksellers suspected of selling 'seditious' publications

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America’s ironclad bond with Israel is starting to crack

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South Korea lose to South Africa, World Cup hopes left in the balance

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Jubilation as South Africa beat South Korea to reach World Cup knockout stage for first time

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Australia's security environment degrading, spy chief warns

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US says China trying to discourage states, businesses from engaging with Taiwan

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Japan opens luxury hotel housed in former prison in tourist hot spot Nara

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Beloved spiritual utopia under threat in Modi’s India

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EU’s Taliban talks crack the facade of a principled policy

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Johor BN says it will not form a coalition government with other parties

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Last ISIS-linked Australian woman to return home

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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast

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Plastics shortages to keep food prices high after war disruptions

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Australia teen social media ban has little impact: Research

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Negeri Sembilan ruler Muhriz to replace chieftains as tussle for crown escalates

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Australia’s spy chief warns of rising terror, cyberthreats

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China angered, Taiwan cheered by Western allies’ alarm over Chinese coast guard activities

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