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Taiwan President calls for Micron workers to negotiate ‘sincerely’ ahead of possible strike

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Batam blackout may have been caused by lightning, bat interference: Minister

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Japan PM Takaichi taps Arata Takebe as new farm minister

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‘Very dangerous’: Timor-Leste shuts schools over Indonesia haze

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Hong Kong bus operators seek fare increases, citing increased fuel prices due to Middle East war

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Prolonged war, renewed disruptions pose biggest risk to Middle East region: IMF

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UNDP chief sounds alarm on growing poverty after succession of crises

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Indonesia swops out electricity chief after 16-hour Batam blackout

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Australian woman charged with lacing colleague's curry with snail poison

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Japan denies spying after Russia arrests journalist

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Police say Chicago suburb suspect in alleged mass shooting plot had white supremacy manifesto

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Teenager charged with murder of 16-year-old girl at Johor school

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EU leaders to tackle China exports, energy prices, budget at summit

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Desperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia douses its skies with dry ice

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Indonesia rescues starved orang utan from fires: Officials

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Australia says it won’t let big tech have ‘unfettered’ access to kids

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'Nowhere to escape' - Indonesians share footage of orange haze blanketing towns

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Boy, 16, charged with murder of classmate in Johor

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South Korea official says shifting goalposts could block wartime command transfer from US

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Mobile clinics battle Mongolia’s childhood dental ‘disaster’

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Prabowo replaces Indonesia disaster chief a day after brother’s graft arrest

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Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi called ‘birthing machine’ by former father-in-law, court hears

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North Korea and China open new bridge after 12-year delay

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New four-lane bridge opens between China, North Korea

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South Korean father detained after allegedly beating two-month-old daughter to death

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Malaysia raises threshold for haze-related school closures

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Japan to set up expert panel on GPS tracking stalkers

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‘I committed the crime to attract attention’: Man who stabbed eight people at Incheon mall

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Why Chinese culture lands so fluently and freely in Vietnam

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New Zealand to help Fiji overhaul intelligence agencies

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Fiji asks New Zealand spies to review intelligence service

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Operation Vivaldi: Ukrainian gain on a drone-filled battlefield

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Fallout of scandal-hit minister’s exit to linger in Japan Diet, haunt PM: Analysts

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North Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles

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After US accuses Fijian of corruption for China, experts warn of region-wide network

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Japan police arrest YouTuber on suspicion of defamation after man dies

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Australia navy investigating video camera found in ship bathroom

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India and China aren't friends - but Nepal wants to unite them against climate threats

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In Sri Lanka, human-elephant conflict takes deadly toll

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‘Livelihood is my right’: Delhi businesses count cost of protests, police restrictions

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Why a remote Philippine island chain near Taiwan is drawing China’s attention

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In the wake of Nepal’s devastating flood, stories of loss and resilience

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Commentary: Southeast Asian economies are growing amid the Iran war but inflation pains the poor

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Russia’s Lavrov, China’s Wang discuss cooperation, Ukraine, Iran at Asia security meeting

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North Korea test-fires 2 types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles: KCNA

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North Korea says it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles, KCNA says

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Cambodia wants to shed its scam image, but will it go after powerful individuals?

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Houthis reframing the narrative casting them as an Iranian proxy

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Throttling Ukraine’s Starlink access heightens concerns over Musk

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