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Festival crush in Indian city of Kolkata kills at least 17, local media say

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India says pilot action cause of 2023 Learjet crash in Mumbai

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High debt, growing strains put focus on need for new development approaches

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At least 10 killed in fire at Bangladesh beach resort

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Missing records cloud whether ousted Japanese farm minister pressed for road cuts

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India's 'cockroach' movement founder released a day after detention

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Trump protects Putin from Graham-Blumenthal bill

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Pope Leo will leave hospital, return to Vatican on Oct 17: Holy See

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Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout

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Sri Lanka suffers six-hour nationwide blackout

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More than 1.5 million flock to see Busan’s famous shark

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PM Wong to visit Qatar, UAE in first trip to Middle East since taking office

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Japan bullet train fares for some routes to go up from July 2027

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IMF members call for more support amid war shocks, 'advanced intelligence' risks

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Malaysia Airlines to resume flights to Saudi Arabia

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Japan retracts mistaken magnitude 9.9 quake alert

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Delegates walked out of IMF steering committee meeting when Russian official spoke, sources say

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Delegates walked out of IMF steering committee meeting in Bangkok when Russian official spoke: Sources

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China, Russia quietly moving toward a new Arctic axis

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Firefighters, villagers unite as wildfires threaten Sumatran elephant habitat

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Can a cockroach movement reverse India’s democratic decline?

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Malaysian ex-minister Nik Nazmi suspended from Bersama party activities after alleged khalwat case

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Japan says it is hosting record number of foreigners

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Three sentenced to 158 years in Mexico for murder of Australian, US surfers

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'Two bad options': Hundreds protest in Bangkok, decrying IMF austerity demand

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Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island

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Japan PM Takaichi sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in autumn rite

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India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder released a day after detention

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Thai PM Anutin plays saxophone at IMF-World Bank reception, promotes Thai culture

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Smoke from Kalimantan fires reaches Jakarta skies

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Trump waives many Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they were to take effect under new law

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Bangladesh’s battle to contain measles outbreak a ‘real warning’ to other nations, experts say

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Bangladesh is battling measles. It's a 'real warning' to other nations

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Burial of Mahathir’s wife Hasmah brings into focus Malaysia’s forgotten national cemetery

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A thousand slogans echoed here - but it could be the end for iconic Delhi protest site

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Newspaper denies Russia-detained reporter acted at Japan government behest

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Checking Mount Bromo off the bucket list while also heading off the beaten path? Here's how

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Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety Bill to US lawmakers

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North Korea tests new AI-equipped torpedo: KCNA

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North Korea tests new AI-equipped torpedo, KCNA says

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Why Chinese parents are paying to send their children to ‘hardship camps’

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Commentary: Haze chokes plants too - how air quality can be a food security issue

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Japan’s weather agency cancels mistakenly issued 9.9-magnitude quake alert, transit disrupted

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Indonesia tests a new weapon against forest fires. Does it work?

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Haze chokes Malaysia’s farmers, families and businesses as economic costs mount

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The Tree at Panmunjom vividly revisits 1976 tensions

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SK Hynix needs a Trump 2027 deal to expand its Dalian NAND fab

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Top global climate science body meet ends without deal on review timeline

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Welcome to Israel, Trump’s country

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Wars and the oil blockades may be waiting for Xi’s party congress

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