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South Korea says monitoring North Korea border incursions, maintains readiness

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The Ukraine negotiations and Ukraine’s future

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Sake from Japan’s Yamaguchi wins International Wine Challenge contest

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With large crowds expected, Norway to lay King Harald to rest

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US treasury chief Bessent backs using US financial power as foreign policy tool

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New Zealand military seeks deeper operational ties with Australia

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Asia’s Strait of Hormuz oil cushion is running out

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Journalists missing in Indonesia after volcano mission

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China, Russia stress strategic ties with North Korea in anniversary messages to Kim

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1 dead, over 40 hurt as heavy rain hits central Japan, swamps Nagoya

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Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India - report

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‘Stolen valor’: Trump’s 9/11 story draws scorn as fabrication

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South Korea says Hormuz talks with France concern contribution options, not troop deployment

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Beyond Beijing and Shanghai: Why more foreign tourists are venturing into rural China

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US resumes immigrant visa processing for Hungary, Poland as pause remains elsewhere

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UK, France, Canada move to ban imports from Israeli settlements

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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, dies at 89

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Solomon Islands domestic political squabbles could frustrate diplomatic engagement

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Hong Kong’s first chief executive Tung Chee Hwa dies, aged 89

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Maldives' Muizzu asks UK PM Burnham to reopen talks over Chagos Islands sovereignty

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China's Xi tells UK's Burnham they have more common interests than differences

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3 Nepalese arrested for killing of Nepalese student in south-western Japan

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China’s Xi tells UK’s Burnham they have more common interests than differences

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South Korea sends team to assess situation in Strait of Hormuz

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South Korea dispatches team to assess Strait of Hormuz conditions

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Cluster bomb casualties near record, driven by war in Ukraine

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Candidates to succeed Japan’s Suica smartcard penguin mascot unveiled

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Nepal disaster death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels

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'Flying Doctor' helicopter crashes in Malaysia, authorities say

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Nepal glacier saw exceptional heat before collapse that caused deadly floods: Researcher

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Kremlin says Russia will not consider Tokyo's request to dismantle new World War Two memorial

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Thailand arrests 12 South Koreans in scam centre bust

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Scoot retimes flights between Singapore and Indonesia, increases capacity on some flights

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Five dead after helicopter crashes in northern Sarawak

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China hands former Shanxi governor suspended death sentence over corruption

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Cheaper CAR-T therapy drawing global cancer patients to China

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China’s Uzbekistan jet sale tests Russia’s grip on Central Asia

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Thailand presses Israeli ambassador over badly behaved tourists

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Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million

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Convict or fete? The world is splitting on Myanmar’s generals

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China landslides leave six dead, nine missing

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Japanese prosecutors seek $1,600 fine over assault for Dewi Sukarno, wife of former Indonesian president

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Nepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels

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Nepalis mark a year since deadly protests that toppled government

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Malaysian data centres guzzle more power as temperatures soar

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Indonesia suspends nearly 2,000 free meal kitchens for breaching sanitation rules

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