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BN’s Sabah chief Bung Moktar, 66, dies days after state election

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Vaccination encouraged amid rising flu cases in China

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Taiwan bans Chinese app RedNote over fraud concerns

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Cross-border taxis to be allowed to drop off passengers anywhere in Singapore or Malaysia

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Japan rebuts China’s second letter to UN as dispute simmers

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Asian markets mixed ahead of US data, expected Fed rate cut

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In Japan, Prime Minister Takaichi tries to avoid a 'Truss shock'

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No yolk: New Zealand police ‘recover’ Faberge egg swallowed by thief

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Man who killed ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe apologises to his family

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Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note

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US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

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South Korea's nuclear submarine gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia

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China rejects Japan PM Takaichi’s reaffirmation of Taiwan stance

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Shooter of Japanese ex-PM Abe makes 1st apology to bereaved family

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Kamakura City to suspend Slam Dunk manga licence plates as measure to help combat overtourism

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Russia's Putin to hold summit talks with India's Modi in Delhi

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Police recover $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by NZ man

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Frustration in Indonesia grows over govt’s poor disaster response

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Season’s first snowfall throws Seoul into traffic chaos

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Taiwan’s opposition leader, once for independence, turns towards China

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A Hong Kong man asked for accountability after a deadly fire. So why was he arrested?

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Malaysia’s BN leader Bung Moktar dies of illness, days after retaining seat in Sabah election

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Cambodia shuts down Huione Group that laundered billions in scam profits

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No US-Russia deal for now, as Ukraine suffers reversals

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Chinese-linked hackers use back door for potential 'sabotage,' US and Canada say

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Could Johor’s new energy freeport compete against Singapore and other regional oil trade hubs?

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Commentary: Trump’s unconventional diplomacy will come at high cost for US partners

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Commentary: Vietnam’s police are joking online and that makes their messaging more serious

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Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

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How children from ‘Manchester of Bihar’ defy odds to study in elite Indian institutes

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Teen influencers on Australia's world-first social media ban

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Kimchi may boost immune function, recent study shows

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Sri Lanka cyclone survivors afraid to go home, stuck in relief centres

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Russian attacks cut power, heating for tens of thousands in southern Ukraine

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Kremlin impasse: what we know after the latest US-Russia talks

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Iran intensifies outreach to African partners for critical needs

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UK sanctions Russian intelligence agency GRU over Novichok poisoning

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Six Asian nations on Trump administration’s immigration hold list

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Devastating landslides turn Sri Lanka village into burial ground

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Putin visits Delhi as Russia and India seek to increase and diversify trade

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Pentagon's AUKUS review finds opportunities to put deal on "strongest possible footing", US official says

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Macron meets Xi in Beijing, in renewed pitch for European strategic autonomy

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Russia's Putin in India for defence, trade talks

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Heavy downpour gridlocks Kuala Lumpur traffic

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Putin questions US punishing India for buying Russian oil

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Israeli army radio says anti-Hamas leader Abu Shabab dies of wounds

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Indonesia pledges action on companies causing catastrophic Sumatra floods

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Spanish police break up gang accused of forcing migrants into slave-like work

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Chaos after India’s biggest airline IndiGo cancels 1,200 flights

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