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Jakarta airport stays shut as Anak Krakatau ash disrupts some 2,300 flights

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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

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Mount Anak Krakatau: What to know about the volcano disrupting Indonesia flights

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North Korea vows nuclear-armed navy as US ally drills open

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Bangladesh dengue outbreak accelerates as hospitals come under strain

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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi to prioritise continuity in Cabinet reshuffle

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Taiwan flexes chip diplomacy muscles as it faces pressure to share AI wealth with allies

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Australia’s right-wing One Nation party proposes pension shake-up to boost take-home pay

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Australia's right-wing One Nation party proposes pension shake-up to boost take-home pay

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‘Slumping’ South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change

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'Slumping' South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change

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All in a day’s reading, if you’re following innovation

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Taanusiya Chetty finishes 3rd at Miss World pageant, Malaysia’s best result in 28 years

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Ukraine war update: It will be a brutal fall and winter

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Eight Indonesian airports remain shut due to volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau

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Several Indonesian airports remain shut due to volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau

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Tourist complaints in South Korea hit record high in just seven months

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Several sporting events in Malaysia put on hold amid haze

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Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under new law

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Heavy rain lashes Japan as weather agency warns of landslides, torrential downpours

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Mount Anak Krakatau disruptions: Seven Indonesian airports remain shut due to volcanic ash

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Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate aid system

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New Zealand’s ruling coalition leads poll two months ahead of election

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Afghan democracy wasn’t doomed to fail – the US broke promises

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The volunteers risking their lives to defuse Indonesia's wildfire 'carbon bombs'

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India's high-stakes exam system faces a crisis of trust

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system

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Indonesia’s dual citizenship plan wins diaspora support, but is it enough to tempt them home?

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‘Mummy, mummy’: 5-year-old stuck in muddy sludge rescued three days after Nepal’s flood disaster

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Tokyo reverses baby bust with AI matchmaking and generous subsidies

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Floating wind farms, bendable solar cells: How Koike wants to rewrite Tokyo’s energy blueprint

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Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

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Three killed, others trapped in New Delhi multi-storey building collapse

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British-Nigerian influencer dies in Bangkok after genital enlargement injections

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Rescuers dig through debris as seven dead in building collapse in Delhi

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Nepali woman found alive days after family began mourning rites

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Family mourned her for 10 days, then rescuers heard her cry

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US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politics

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Selangor bans open burning, to close schools if air quality index exceeds 200

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Tibet death toll from Himalayas flood now 43 with 519 missing: Chinese media

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Three men jailed in Indonesia for trading in pangolin scales

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Travel chaos hits Changi and Jakarta airports as volcanic ash grounds flights between the two hubs

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US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call

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11 dead, almost 35 hospitalised in India’s Madhya Pradesh after drinking suspected illicit liquor

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Moscow has not ruled out trilateral meeting between presidents of Russia, US, China, TASS reports

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At flood-destroyed China-Nepal border, no sign of a once-busy port

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