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All hail the Panama Canal, a frontline in the US-China trade war

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Myanmar sets late January date for final election round

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Israeli military says it killed a member of Iran’s Quds Force in Lebanon

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Russia compares US blockade of Venezuela to piracy

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Bangladesh PM hopeful Tarique Rahman returns from exile ahead of polls

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Japan PM Takaichi says Trump meeting in US being arranged for early 2026

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China urges travel agencies to cut Japan-bound visitors by 40%, say sources

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Can Catholic Church and Vietnamese state finally coexist?

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Embattled Perlis Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri steps down from post

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Poland intercepts Russian plane over Baltic Sea

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Thailand says Hindu statue removed to control border area

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China says US arms sales to Taiwan 'speeding up threat of war'

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Borrowing a mouth to speak: overtourism in China’s imagined Tibet

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Japan PM reassures markets with fiscal discipline in next year’s budget

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Coupang says all leaked customer information in data breach has been deleted

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‘Starting anew’: Indonesians in disaster-struck Sumatra hold Christmas mass

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China accuses US of trying to thwart improved China-India ties

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Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party picks Sihasak as second PM nominee

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Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile

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Bangladesh leader considered top PM candidate returns from exile ahead of polls

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Europe has good cause to resist the Second China Shock

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China social media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies

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Saudi Arabia says Yemen group should withdraw its forces from seized provinces

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Christmas celebrations muted at Bondi as Australians grieve after deadly shooting

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Putin hails ‘invincible friendship’ with North Korea in New Year letter: KCNA

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Car with Hanukkah sign set ablaze in Melbourne

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Australian man charged over post allegedly backing Bondi attack

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What Trump could do to defuse Taiwan’s powder keg

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Why the IMF thinks China has a zombie problem

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Indonesia lodges complaint over ‘flag desecration’ at London embassy

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‘Key to the White House’: South Korea President Lee receives golden key from Trump

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Japan to test mine rare earth mud from deep seabed

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Palau to take up to 75 migrants from US after call on transfer of third-country nationals

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China manga convention bars Japanese content amid tensions

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Martin Yan at 77: The TV cooking legend still doing push-ups, cracking jokes and inspiring people

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un views submarine construction, oversees missile launch: KCNA

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of long-range missile, KCNA says

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Teen missing, brother deported: Families face high cost of young Indians taking ‘donkey route’

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New wave of ‘cultural confidence’: Inside the explosive growth of China’s hanfu experience

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Commentary: Repeat after me - never, ever underestimate China

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Singaporean part-time actor and family of three charged over Johor mall brawl

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Thai and Cambodia militaries hold talks on resuming ceasefire

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South-eastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1-magnitude quake; no immediate reports of damage

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Southeastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

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Southeastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1 magnitude quake

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Japan’s TEPCO to partially restart world’s biggest nuclear power plant on Jan 20

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