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Hong Kong bankrolling China’s bid for global AI reach

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Japan opens bookings for discounted travel to quake-struck Kumamoto

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Australia ‘on the same page’ as Canada as it seeks deeper EU alliance, says minister

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Japan centenarian population reaches 100,000 as welfare costs rise

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Malaysia said to have seized another three containers bound for Israel

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Big AI slowdown a safety pause or strategic retreat?

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Waymo, Japanese partners target driverless taxi service in Tokyo in 2027

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New Zealand poll puts Labour ahead of National

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China’s new tech and national security exit rules take effect

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China’s taste for donkey spurs an unlikely trade with Pakistan

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Rough weather hinders third-day search for 129 missing after ferry capsizes in Indonesia

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New Zealand agencies missed red flags in child kidnapping case: Inquiry

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Police arrest man after multiple people wounded in China knife attack

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Weeks after the Nepal-China flood disaster, families of the missing hold out hope

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Seoul metro worker files defamation complaint against American influencer

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Can US-India minerals deal unlock Bougainville mine’s potential?

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Modi served world leaders a meatless meal, and his critics pounced

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Chinese police arrest man after Guangzhou knifing incident, no deaths reported

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Thailand eyes $764 million tourism boost with domestic travel subsidies

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Heads shake as Trump claims his ‘high IQ’ enough to regulate AI

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Why cash continues to thrive even as India's digital payments grow

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Oil hits $109/bbl as photos show major damage to Saudi pipeline

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North Korea’s Kim vows to expand ties with Russia, backs victory in ‘sacred war’

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North Korea's Kim vows to expand ties with Russia, backs victory in 'sacred war'

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Commentary: India and Pakistan’s water treaty was active for more than six decades – can it survive current tensions?

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Four years of uneasy alliance still cannot erase decades of UMNO’s distrust against PH allies

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Pyongyang subway ticket price nearly triples

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Sabah Parks mulls over hefty fine and lawsuit against Croat rescued on Mount Kinabalu

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Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou university town leaves multiple people injured

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Don Jr.’s wedding secretly bankrolled by oligarch close to Putin

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Negeri Sembilan royal row: Signing document to depose ruler an act of treason, says council

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More than 20 Thai senators accused of election fraud

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Iceland's last whaling company shrugs off threat of permanent ban

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China criticises idea it is in 'malicious competition' over AI

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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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