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Buddhist monk arrested in suspected $3m embezzlement scandal

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MHA refutes claims that the death penalty was discussed during visit by Israel's security ministry

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Woman in China accuses 4-year-old boy of touching her buttocks, sparking online firestorm

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China’s Indonesian nickel boom runs into a limestone wall

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Nine-year-olds on drugs: Has the world abandoned Myanmar?

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Indonesia grapples with evolving online extremism threat among youth

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Trump shadow looms large over Brics as Modi hosts Putin and Xi in Delhi

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AfD’s rise is paralyzing Germany’s political center

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As Saudi tensions with Iran-backed Houthis escalate, mediator Pakistan faces pressure to choose a side

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UMNO chief Zahid calls for 'immediate' GE16, takes apparent swipes at PM Anwar

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White blazers, pink ties as North Koreans land in Japan for Asian Games

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Myanmar's Mandalay airport shuts after drone attack

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The chip industry’s future is memory by design

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Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orang utans allegedly trafficked to India

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World map using UN-backed method ‘correct’ over disputed islands: Japan

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Thai abbot arrested in $3.5 million embezzlement, sex scandal

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Man loses case to claw back $369,000 he spent on lavish gifts for ex-girlfriend

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Hong Kong court jails two Tiananmen vigil group leaders for 7 years

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China says it is still investigating cause of deadly cargo ship fire

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China says still investigating cause of deadly cargo ship fire

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Myanmar airport shut after rebel drone attack: Security sources

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Korean Air to offer free Starlink high-speed wifi on board flights from Sept 15

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Wildfires cause respiratory infections to double in Indonesia

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South Korean, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Strait of Hormuz

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Bessent’s big talk runs into bigger market realities

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South Korean, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Strait of Hormuz, Seoul says

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Xi Jinping's India visit to help diplomatic thaw, but business ties bound by suspicion: Analysts

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South Korea’s Lee to host Central Asia summit in Seoul next week

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South Korea's Lee to host Central Asia summit in Seoul next week

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Trump laughing all the way to the bank… at the end of the world

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India court orders regulator to provide timeline for food warning labels

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AI firm Anthropic says it disrupted election manipulation operation targeting voters in Malaysia

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Anthropic blocked possible use of AI model to build bioweapons

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Trump administration to lend $100 million to telecoms firm Africell, countering Huawei in Africa

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Philippine rescuers board ferry 40 hours after blaze began

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Malaysia's king postpones decision on ex-PM Najib Razak's pardon bid

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Former Malaysia PM Najib to remain in jail as pardons board defers application

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Explainer-Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan's World War Two legacy dispute

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Why a Russian screening of an 81-year-old Soviet-era film to a tiny audience has alarmed Taiwan

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Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun

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No homecoming for Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib as request for house arrest remains under review

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Hong Kong sentences Tiananmen activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

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Remembering 9/11 from the still-screaming streets of New York

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Philippine Coast Guard battles smoke in search for ferry fire missing

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Philippines recovers 30 bodies from ferry after blaze

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Philippine Coast Guard finds bodies aboard ferry after blaze

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Vietnam's Grab drivers call for two-day app boycott over falling earnings

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What we forget when we remember 9/11

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Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison

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