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Is Russian technology behind North Korea’s new nuclear submarine?

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China’s beautiful biotech chaos vs West’s elegant paralysis

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China hiding missiles on merchant ships for a Taiwan war

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China launches war games around Taiwan as island vows to defend democracy

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China stages record drills designed to encircle Taiwan

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China launches military drills around Taiwan amid tensions with Japan

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Toxic air, broken roads and unpicked rubbish - why India's big cities are becoming unliveable

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Catching the hunters trapping rare songbirds in China

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversees cruise missile launches

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Big ambitions meet uneven reality as Qianhai returns to China’s opening-up spotlight

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees cruise missile launching drill

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Putin and Trump do not support European-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire idea, the Kremlin says

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Bangladesh’s student-led party allies with Islamists ahead of election

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Bangladesh's student-led party allies with Islamists ahead of election

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Trump congratulates Thailand, Cambodia leaders on ceasefire

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Three dead in Alawite protests on Syrian coast, local officials say

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China welcomes Thailand-Cambodia truce ahead of trilateral talks

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Thailand sees ceasefire with Cambodia as strategic test, not retreat

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‘Not a real election’: Myanmar holds first polls since 2021 coup but many aren’t voting

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Weak turnout seen in Myanmar's phased election, first since 2021 coup

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Thais, Cambodians fear returning home despite border truce

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Bangladesh police say student leader Sharif Osman Hadi’s killers fled to India

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Bangladesh police say student leader's killers fled to India

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As some boycott Myanmar’s flawed election, others hope for change

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‘Unfair election’: Young voters absent from Myanmar polls

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5-year-old boy dies after arm gets trapped in travelator at Hokkaido ski resort

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Hannah Arendt can help us understand today’s far-right populism

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Russia vows to support China if Taiwan contingency flares up: Top diplomat

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Sydney could see army patrols after Bondi attack, New South Wales Premier says

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'Unfair election': Young voters absent from Myanmar polls

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South Korean President Lee names conservative lawmaker as budget minister

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13 people arrested over armed fight at restaurant in JB’s Taman Mount Austin

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‘Vape valley’: Double standards in China’s powering of world’s e-cigarette boom

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Over 4,000 schools closed in South Korea, with 82 left unused for 30 years

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Nearly 80% of South Korea’s dog meat farms shut ahead of 2027 ban

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Malaysia army chief placed on leave amid investigation: Media

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The lure of Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara? No traffic

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Coupang founder Kim Bom apologises for data leak, pledges compensation

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South Korea’s presidential office completes move back to historic Blue House

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New alliance vows to address youth demands in Nepal polls

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Polls close on first day of Myanmar's widely criticised 'sham' election

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'Acoustic hazard': Noise complaints spark Vietnam pickleball wars

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Car breathalysers to be mandated for habitual drink driving offenders in South Korea

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BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on

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‘Acoustic hazard’: Noise complaints spark Vietnam pickleball wars

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