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Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

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How children from ‘Manchester of Bihar’ defy odds to study in elite Indian institutes

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Teen influencers on Australia's world-first social media ban

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Kimchi may boost immune function, recent study shows

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Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres

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Russian attacks cut power, heating for tens of thousands in southern Ukraine

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Kremlin impasse: what we know after the latest US-Russia talks

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Iran intensifies outreach to African partners for critical needs

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UK sanctions Russian intelligence agency GRU over Novichok poisoning

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Six Asian nations on Trump administration’s immigration hold list

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Devastating landslides turn Sri Lanka village into burial ground

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Putin visits Delhi as Russia and India seek to increase and diversify trade

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Pentagon's AUKUS review finds opportunities to put deal on "strongest possible footing", US official says

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Macron meets Xi in Beijing, in renewed pitch for European strategic autonomy

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Russia's Putin in India for defence, trade talks

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Heavy downpour gridlocks Kuala Lumpur traffic

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Putin questions US punishing India for buying Russian oil

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Israeli army radio says anti-Hamas leader Abu Shabab dies of wounds

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Indonesia pledges action on companies causing catastrophic Sumatra floods

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Spanish police break up gang accused of forcing migrants into slave-like work

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Chaos after India’s biggest airline IndiGo cancels 1,200 flights

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Indonesia’s new capital falls victim to the politics of forgetting

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Russia, India aim to increase and diversify trade

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UK sets out new sanctions against Russia after Novichok report

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Russia mocks EU deliberations on frozen assets, says seizure will prompt 'harshest response'

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Chaos after India's biggest airline cancels 1,200 flights

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Honduras election swings again, conservative Asfura takes slim lead

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Taiwan to suspend access to Chinese app Xiaohongshu over fraud

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Taiwan to ban China’s Xiaohongshu app for one year on fraud concerns

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Seoul eases travel advisory for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, keeps restrictions in high-risk regions

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S. Korean President Lee mulls over visit to Japan in mid-January: Sources

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Myanmar military set to win sham vote — but will a shake-up follow?

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Italy says Germany and other countries may be interested in GCAP jet programme

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India clinches $2.6 billion Russian submarine deal as Putin visits

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US Shahed-style drones won’t cut it in a naval war with China

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Iraq freezes funds of Hezbollah and Houthis, official gazette says

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Turkey building a sub as it ramps up homemade defence industry

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Quantum risk is the next boardroom reckoning

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Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine's Donbas region militarily or otherwise

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Aid workers stand trial in Greece on migrant smuggling charges

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Seoul says six nationals held in North Korea, vows to help them

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Rain forecasts raise fears in flood-hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka

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ADB, World Bank launch Pacific islands projects under new cofinancing model

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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes China’s Xinjiang region

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Japan stiffens defence resolve to protect long-term interests amid row with China

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China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say

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Trump’s Ukraine plan sidesteps monitors vital to lasting peace

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Turkey told Russia, Ukraine to keep energy infrastructure out of war, minister says

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