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Malaysian teen who fatally stabbed schoolmate acquitted on grounds of insanity

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More restaurants, clinics in Japan offering system of paying for priority entry

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How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human control

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Japan’s top Chubu execs to resign, application to restart nuclear reactors withdrawn over data scandal

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Former Malaysian minister charged with misappropriation of US$211 million in haj pilgrimage funds

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India moves to cool surging sugar prices as festive demand looms

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Unable to claim Myanmar’s UN seat, the junta wants to empty it

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Indonesia's president replaces finance minister with deputy, official says

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Malaysian boy acquitted for murder of schoolgirl on grounds of insanity

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Prabowo replaces Finance Minister Purbaya in long-awaited Indonesian Cabinet shake-up

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ASEAN risks irrelevance as sub-groupings grow, Sec-Gen Kao warns

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Selangor school stabbing: Malaysian teen, 15, acquitted on grounds of insanity

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South Korea’s Lee hits new approval low as housing discontent grows

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South Korea's Lee hits new approval low as housing discontent grows

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Beijing to ban drone possession, citing security

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10 years after workplace blast in Singapore, former migrant worker expands school he built in Bangladesh

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Bali police investigate after Australian man and children found dead in home

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Philippine President Marcos’ cousin to be moved from hospital to jail

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What is the Philippines’ BARMM regional election and why does it matter

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Global panel to hear Cambodia, Thailand sea dispute in Singapore

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What is the Philippines’ BARMM regional election and why does it matter

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What is the Philippines' BARMM regional election and why does it matter

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Australia’s far-right leader Pauline Hanson vows to cut migrants by 750,000

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Japan’s submarine debate signals break from nuclear taboos

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Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake: Report

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Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake-report

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Indian government pushes wider roll-out of polarising civil code

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Hormuz crisis forcing Japan to domesticate its energy security

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Japan's Okinawa ousts anti-US base governor

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Hyrox apologises for allowing race to continue after athlete soils herself

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China must be properly scared for an AI slowdown to work

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Trump downplays report China entities helped Iran before attack that killed US troops

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South Korea says 'serious shortage' of rooms with Asian Games days away

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Beds too short in 'worst-ever' Asian Games rooms, say South Korea

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Beijing bans drones in sweeping curbs after Citic Tower crash

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Malaysia charges second UMNO leader after pilgrimage fund probe

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Nepal disaster exposes growing challenge of monitoring Himalayan hazards

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China’s Global Times blasts Anthropic’s calls to slow AI as ‘Cold War’ tactic

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Asia’s lonely economy of one

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Police say it could take months to identify Philippine ferry fire victims

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Man hospitalised after shark attack in Western Australia

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Bangsamoro votes for first parliament in historic test of Philippines peace process

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Voting starts in Philippines' south after three killed in election violence

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S. Korea’s gender minister nominee pulls out in fresh blow to Lee

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School-age suicides in South Korea rise 65% in 5 years

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Global panel to hear Cambodia-Thailand sea dispute

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South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age

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E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UK’s West Bank trade ban

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Dance, off: South Korea’s live music venues caught in regulatory limbo

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Zelensky tweets the war, producing Ukraine’s own situation report

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