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AI versus the climate as data center emissions soar

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CIA seeks informants in North Korea, Iran and China

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The long-feared Middle East war is here

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China could cut CO2 by a third by 2035 with new UN targets, think tank says

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After public outcry, Malaysia scraps Oct 10 deadline for MyJPJ transport app users to adopt national identification system

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Bangladesh recalls five envoys in major diplomatic reshuffle

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Yen at 125 less black swan than gray under Ishiba

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Toyota delays US electric car plans as sales slow

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All the dogs didn’t bark

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Singapore ex-minister gets prison in rare case

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Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake faces daunting debt dance

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Weakened but still strong Typhoon Krathon slams into Taiwan, two dead

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The man behind Japan's $170bn bid to prop up the yen

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Brain drain contest: China’s 1,000 Talents vs US soft power

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Commentary: No one wants an Asian NATO, except Japan’s new PM Ishiba

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Blast from unexploded US bomb grounds flights at Japanese airport

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Vietnam protests Chinese force's attack on fishermen in contested waters

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Japan PM Ishiba, once an outsider within LDP, forced to ditch idealism as leader

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US warns Iran at UN: don't target us or Israel

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Religious authorities arrest 108 people linked to secretive GISB sect in Malaysia so far

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Kaiju memes flood social media as sinkhole appears in Melaka

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As AI takes on content creation and data-crunching, Indonesia gears up to regulate industry

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47 tigers dead in Vietnam zoos due to bird flu: State media

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Anti-whaling activist Watson to remain detained in Greenland

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New runway lights being installed at Haneda Airport after fatal plane collision in January

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Weeping families mourn Thai school bus crash victims

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Indonesia swears in ‘Ultraman’ and other MPs, as House Speaker’s re-election hints at stronger Prabowo coalition

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Iran has everything to lose in direct war with Israel

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India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold

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Saudi Arabia hopes for de-escalation in Middle East, economy minister says

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South Korea’s Yoon, Japan’s Ishiba agree united response with US needed against North Korea

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Philippines draws defence firms as military modernises amid South China Sea tension

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Our Home: Hong Kong launches national day song on TV in latest patriotic education drive

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Philippines' Taal volcano erupts but alert level low

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Over 200 counterfeit Arai helmets worth $16,700 seized in Penang

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Prosecutors drop charges against South Korea’s First Lady over Dior bag, gifts, Yonhap reports

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Japan to keep nuclear, boost renewables in its energy mix, new industry minister says

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Japan airport shut after likely WW2-era bomb explodes near runway, 87 flights cancelled

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Bangladesh takes a chance by embracing the US

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Japanese ministers say they are not pursuing PM’s ‘Asian Nato’ proposal

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Myanmar's military government takes census despite conflict, boycott calls

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Vietnam condemns China's 'brutal behaviour' in fisher attack

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Thai police arrest driver in school bus fire that killed 23

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Myanmar civil war fuels surge in cross-border drug trade, Thailand official says

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South Korea, Spain, Germany among countries ramping up evacuation plans in Middle East

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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Israeli military posts with rockets

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Malaysians riled by requirement to use national identification system for Road Transport Department’s MyJPJ app

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Israeli military says infantry, armoured units joining Lebanon ground operation

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Russian forces in complete control of Vuhledar in eastern Ukraine, war bloggers say

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