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Taiwan premier makes first Japan visit since 1972, defying China

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Young Chinese parents tighten belts as childcare costs rise

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Ahead of high stakes summit, China Foreign Minister Wang Yi strikes positive tone on ties with US

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Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued from torpedoed Iranian vessel

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China rejects ‘major power co-governance’, warns against bypassing UN in veiled swipe at US

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Nepal's rapper-led centrist party heads for poll landslide

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Beyond hope and hype: five certainties in the AI storm

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US ties, Middle East conflict, and Japan: 5 key takeaways from Wang Yi’s Two Sessions presser

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War in Middle East ‘should never have happened’, says China’s top diplomat

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12 years after MH370 disappearance, families urge Malaysia to extend search

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Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal's ex-PM as he heads for victory

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China foreign minister blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage ties

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Iran weathers US firestorm, raising prospect of a long war

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Australia weighing requests for assistance from countries attacked by Iran

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Watch: China's top diplomat Wang Yi fields questions on foreign policy

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Australia could help protect Gulf states from Iran attacks: Foreign Minister

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The heartwarming tale of a father, a daughter, and a wedding band wowing India

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Dancers loved practising in this Singapore walkway. Then the complaints came

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As snap poll rumblings grow, Malaysia PM Anwar hobbled by internal strife and widening anti-graft controversy

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Commentary: Hormuz is the hidden risk to the AI economy

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UAE president says country is well and is no easy prey in first public comments since Iran strikes

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Boots-on-the-ground talk as Trump says Iran to ‘be hit very hard’

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From lowering marriage age to 16, to more subsidies, China weighs fixes for falling births

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As employment pressures grow, China turns to AI to create new jobs and upgrade traditional roles

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Pope Leo names former envoy to Duterte's Philippines as ambassador to US

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Balendra Shah: Nepal’s rapper politician who took on the old guard and won

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Lebanon's Hezbollah warns residents in Israel's north to evacuate

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China’s Xi says the military must be politically loyal, root out corruption

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China's Xi says the military must be politically loyal, root out corruption

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Days after Iran strikes, Trump hosts Latin American leaders with China in focus

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Iranian hardline clerics seek swift naming of new supreme leader

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India let Iran warship dock the day US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say

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Longer, bigger, louder: Malaysia’s Ramadan bazaars morph from food stops into full-scale experiences

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Inside the Nepal campaign that could vault Balendra Shah to power

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China vows to safeguard jobs and boost hiring as AI reshapes labour market

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‘I’ll do my job or someone else will take it’: Why many Asians are staying put in the Gulf amid war

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Japan asked US not to disadvantage Tokyo under new tariff rules

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Azerbaijan says it foiled Iranian plots including plan to attack major pipeline

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Malaysia detains 6 locals aged 16 to 21 in Islamic State-linked extremism probe; warns of more arrests

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Iran drives $104B surge in sanctions-busting crypto flows

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Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible

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Indonesia says Pakistan, UAE back Prabowo as Iran mediator

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China quietly eclipsing a weakened Russia in Central Asia

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China’s missile reach forces Japan back to Iwo Jima

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Rapper-turned-politician Shah unseats former Nepal PM in own constituency

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Prabowo’s proposed trip to Iran hinges on acceptance of mediation offer by all parties: Foreign ministry

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Queues, price hikes and shortages as Asia battles fuel crunch amid Mid-East crisis

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Pakistani convicted of plotting to kill Trump over death of Iran commander

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