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Remembering the Indian scientist who challenged the Big Bang theory

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The global drug war like you’ve never seen it: 3 reasons to watch Addicted

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Her daughter was taken and sent abroad - 44 years later, they found each other

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Longer hours, better grades? China pushes weekend breaks for high school students, parents push back

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Bangladesh autocrat gone, democratic renewal’s a work in progress

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ST Picks: UFO Catcher turns 40 - why Japan is still hooked on claw machines

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ST Picks: How this Hong Kong hotel - famous for S’pore food - became a ‘prohibited place’

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Vietnam to block messaging app Telegram over ‘anti-state’ contents

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Chinese factory worker sets fire to textile plant over 800 yuan in unpaid wages

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New sanctions? Putin’s used to dealing with a struggling economy

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Taiwan in 2025: a proposal to build peace, not walls

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North Korean warship tough to salvage after launch failure, analysts say

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Putin says he wants boost to Russian arms exports

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Anti-missile system intensifies US-China nuclear competition

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Pakistan, India extend airspace ban on each other

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Rohingya refugees increasingly driven to dangerous boat journeys, UN says

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Talk of US forces drawdown spooks Seoul ahead of presidential election

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New satellite photos show damaged North Korean warship

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Israel has only authorized a 'teaspoon' of aid for Gaza, UN chief says

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Malaysia PM Anwar’s daughter Nurul Izzah elected as PKR’s deputy president, becomes his new heir-apparent

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Bomb scare grounds AirAsia flight at Phuket Airport

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PM Anwar’s daughter Nurul Izzah wins battle for No. 2 post in Malaysia’s ruling party PKR

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Fiercest outcry yet of Prabowo placing uniformed men in civilian posts, as convicted army general becomes customs chief

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Hong Kong university offers unconditional admission to Harvard students

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US-based Ukrainian says he completed Everest climb from sea level to summit in 4 days

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Trump warns Apple of 25% tariffs if iPhones not made in US

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China's Xi, Germany's Merz stress ties to weather trade turmoil

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IndiGo plane forced to fly through hailstorm after denied diversion by India and Pakistan

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'We did not sign up for this': Harvard's foreign students are stuck and scared

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Chongqing’s car market boom amid trade war challenges

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Flood victims confront damage after record deluge in eastern Australia

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Why rice prices are soaring in Japan

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Greek court charges 17 coast guard officers over 2023 migrant shipwreck, say sources

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Pakistan to offer US firms concessions on mining investment in tariff talks, says minister

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‘Harvard refugee’: Chinese students hunker down as US blocks foreign enrollment

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China urges Philippines to stop provocation in South China Sea

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China slams 'politicisation' of education after US blocks foreign enrolment at Harvard

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Philippine Senate to convene impeachment court next month

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Philippines’ Marcos keeps economic team, replaces foreign minister in Cabinet revamp

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Bangladesh's Yunus could quit over lack of reform progress, student leader says

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Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies

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South Korea’s unseasonal temperatures spark rise in heat illnesses

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Philippine Senate to convene impeachment court for VP Duterte next month

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Telegram 'surprised' as Vietnam orders messaging app to be blocked

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Vietnam orders messaging app Telegram to be blocked, government document shows

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Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled but not lonely at World Masters Games

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Thailand to press for broader international engagement with Myanmar junta

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Antidote to misinformation: Key stories from Asia Fact Check Lab

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Indonesia quake off Sumatra damages more than 100 houses

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