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Japan's cabinet approves record $785 billion budget, vows to keep debt in check

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Myanmar to hold third phase of election voting on January 25, state media reports

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Indonesia celebrated Christmas with prayers for Sumatra

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Immersive theme park in Tokyo to close after less than 2 years

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Batam foils attempt to smuggle in 148 doctored vape pods from Malaysia

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Don’t embarrass Malaysia: Minister slams public littering in city centre

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Bangladesh’s elections frontrunner Tarique Rahman ends exile

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India's solar boom faces a hidden waste problem

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Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid

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Malaysia’s Najib Razak: From prime minister to prison

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Former Malaysian PM Najib to face verdict in mega 1MDB graft trial

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Malaysia’s Najib to face verdict in mega 1MDB graft trial

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US urges Cambodia and Thailand to end weeks of deadly violence

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Commentary: An assassination raises the stakes for Bangladesh and India

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North Korea’s Kim orders more missile production in 2026: State media

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un signals continued missile development in next 5 years

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Little Manila time capsules in California’s Stockton tell stories

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Advice to Trump on the next steps for engagement with Pyongyang

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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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