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Record rain in Japan kills four, leaves thousands stranded at Narita airport

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Record rain in Japan kills at least 8, leaves thousands stranded at Narita airport

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New Zealand immigration edges to 17-month high, yet remains weak

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Thousands stranded at Japan's Narita airport after record rain kills four

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Japan’s record rainfall leaves thousands stranded at Narita airport, kills eight

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India Bar Council retreats after ‘cockroach’ protest threat

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Chinese tourists pull back on overseas trips amid economic gloom

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Australia’s Albanese says AUKUS remains ‘full steam ahead’ after Trump call

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Australia's Albanese says AUKUS remains 'full steam ahead' after Trump call

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Cook Islands PM's party likely to retain parliament in preliminary results

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'I lost $14,000 in a month': Investors hit by Korean stock market's wild swings

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From summer camps to big salaries: China’s AI talent race is starting young and going big

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China’s AI talent race is starting younger - with parents seeking headstarts for their children

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North Korea warns of new ‘deterrent’ ahead of US-South Korea drills

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North Korea denounces US-South Korea drills, KCNA says

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Kyrgyz president says he will run for a second term

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How a northern Philippine town learnt to live with the world’s rarest crocodile

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Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount, source says

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Air India to test all pilots for banned substances

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Shipyard explosion in southeastern China kills fire and rescue worker

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Shipyard explosion in south-eastern China kills fire-and-rescue worker

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Taiwan warns against Uganda travel as passport disputes grow

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Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning

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Johor villagers grapple with dumping of illegal construction waste allegedly from Singapore

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Taiwan throttles mobile internet speeds in defence drill

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A quarter of Japan museums mull over disposing war materials amid lack of space: Poll

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Bangladesh curbs power use as gas shortages worsen

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Air India mandates drug tests for all pilots after mid-air plunge

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Air India expands drug testing to all pilots after captain tests positive for marijuana

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Former Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba returns home, faces graft probe

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Turkey lays out plans for defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

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Thai PM suspends permits to buy guns after school shooting. But will this work?

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China to tighten entry and exit controls from Sept 15

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Taiwan says it was targeted last month in AI-driven hacking campaign

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Human Rights Watch urges Taliban to release detained UN, NGO staff

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Xi Jinping’s secretive graft purges spawn underground market for leaks

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Putin threatens tit-for-tat seizures of foreign vessels

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Social media trends to blame? Why Malaysia is tightening hiking rules and what it means for hikers

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz is under its control, Fars news reports

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Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin faces its market test

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Can Iran’s ‘Asian friends’ reopen Hormuz when the US cannot?

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New Zealand PM Luxon calls leadership challenge response ‘decisive’

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Indian actor's video with endangered gibbon sparks investigation

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Penang ready to step up measures as air quality hits unhealthy level

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Climate change and AI add to pressures on Asia Pacific’s health systems

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Pentagon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing

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Emails reveal Indian carmakers' fuel contamination worries before public retreat

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