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Beijing blocks Meta's acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus

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More S. Koreans splitting food and groceries with strangers amid rise in single-person households

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant worker killed in Ukraine drone attack, management says

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Japan lifts advisory a week after 7.7-magnitude quake

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Thailand plans to update medical cannabis framework after US eases restrictions

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Indonesia appoints labour union chief as new environment minister

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Philippines warns agencies not to send seamen to Persian Gulf

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Suspected pirates steer cargo vessel towards Somalia, security groups say

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Indonesia-US overflight debate misses the strategic point

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Trump’s ‘madness’ masks calculated quest for a bipolar world

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Fishermen in northern Japan impacted by forest fires; sea urchin season delayed

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Google to build AI campus in South Korea, presidential office says

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US presses Taiwan parliament to pass 'comprehensive' defence budget

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China blocks Meta’s $2.5b acquisition of Singapore-based AI start-up Manus

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Taiwan jails ex-TSMC engineer in trade secrets case

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Construction starts to restore former imperial rest house at Tokyo park

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Japan govt panel members urge review in education to better adapt to AI

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Remembering Raghu Rai: The photographer who showed India to itself

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India turns to Russian missiles to counter China-backed Pakistan

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Clashes in Indonesia’s Papua as hundreds protest against military presence

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Clashes in Indonesia's Papua as hundreds protest military presence

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‘Kindness is in the Philippines' DNA’: Communities offer meals, aid to drivers hit by soaring fuel prices

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China’s sovereign debt to debut in SE Asia’s largest economy

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Modi’s BJP gains ground in India’s Upper House after AAP lawmakers defect

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Modi's BJP gains ground in India’s upper house after AAP lawmakers defect

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India’s power demand hits record as heat wave batters nation

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Kim Jong Un opens memorial for N Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war

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ChatGPT passes Japan top universities’ entrance exams with highest scores

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Asian Games years could be moved in shake-up: Reports

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French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail in Singapore

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Japanese public wants energy-saving steps as Takaichi holds back

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‘Joint venture in reverse’: Foreign carmakers seek edge with China partners

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Lightning strikes kill 14 as Bangladesh lashed by seasonal storms

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The rising Chinese carmaker not named BYD

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Iran war disrupts circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech companies

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Free-to-air events, swanky stadium: What HK’s sports push is really about

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DeepSeek slashes fees for new AI model in Chinese price war

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Malaysia's jailed ex-PM Najib withdraws appeal on house arrest, local media reports

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Iranian foreign minister heads to Russia, Trump says 'call us' to negotiate

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Farmer charged with murder over fatal shooting of 3 at Johor restaurant

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US presses Taiwan Parliament to pass ‘comprehensive’ defence budget

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China vows countermeasures if EU enacts 'Made in Europe' plan

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Orang utan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in ‘world first’: NGO

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Malaysian petrol station under probe after S’pore-registered car caught pumping RON95 petrol

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Spring bear hunting fully under way in Japan amid earlier-than-usual sightings

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Tsunami survivor battles wildfire to protect hometown in Japan’s north-east

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Tsunami survivor battles wildfire to protect hometown in Japan's northeast

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Indonesia calls for stronger protection for peacekeepers in Lebanon

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