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Putin says Russia, China ready to back each other on issues such as protecting sovereignty

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Ex-mayor of Seoul’s ‘Brooklyn’ sets sights on running South Korean capital

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New Zealand to cut public service jobs in savings push

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Samsung strike? Four scenarios for the chipmaker’s labour dispute

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Trump’s Taiwan gambit is already a gift to China, say some experts

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What really holds China and Russia together

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US approves $5.4 billion in helicopters, upgrades for Seoul

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On the fog of Beijing

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Wall Street guru struck speechless by Trump insider stock trades

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Explainer-What do we know about the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus?

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'FedEx says your parcel has drugs': The scam that trapped an Indian comedian

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‘Feels like a dream’: Indonesia’s domestic workers cheer long-awaited protection law, but concerns linger

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Commentary: Few deals from Trump-Xi summit, but it’s the underlying shift that matters

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Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices

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British Steel crisis derails China’s tariff-bypass strategy

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The 3-body problem of the dollar-yen exchange rate (hint: China)

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Bond markets overpowering the AI trade

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IEA chief: Only weeks of oil inventories left thanks to Iran war

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Maldives investigates if Italian divers went too deep in fatal cave dive

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Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives

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Thailand orders rail safety overhaul after deadly Bangkok crash

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5 teen students drown while swimming in Vietnam river

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Two men arrested over stunt at enclosure of famous monkey Punch

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Gwangju massacre deniers still seek comfort in North plot

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Guangxi’s Pinglu Canal to boost growing trade between South-east Asia and China

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Gunmen in Pakistan kill police officers guarding polio workers

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Marriage of Malaysian ruling partners is on the rocks. Will the alliance survive the polls?

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Trump says he paused attack on Iran as negotiations continue

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Pakistan sends new Iranian peace proposal to US

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Philippines opens impeachment trial of V-P Sara Duterte amid political turmoil

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South Korean president orders full probe into botched recovery at Jeju Air crash site

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Philippines rejects special US status for planned Luzon industrial hub

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North Sumatra running out of measles vaccines amid increasing cases

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Pakistan deploys jet squadron, thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war

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Revised Iranian proposal to end war shared with US, Pakistani source says

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Sarawak in talks to export power to Borneo, Singapore

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Cuban drone crisis: US fears Russia-China Caribbean threat

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Kremlin says it has ‘serious expectations’ for Putin’s trip to China

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Ahead of Putin’s visit, Chinese media cast Sino-Russia ties as a source of ‘stability’ in global turmoil

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Indonesia’s rice farmers test climate-friendly methods that cuts methane emissions, raises yields

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China burns more fossil fuels for power as coal production slips

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Taiwan open to direct talks between Trump and Lai amid concerns after Beijing summit

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Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces boarded a vessel

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China denounces Taiwan foreign minister’s Geneva visit amid WHO assembly

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China denounces Taiwan foreign minister's Geneva visit amid WHO assembly

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Hong Kong LGBTQ carnival axed again, citing venue withdrawal

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Malaysia ends Indonesia migrant boat search after recovering all 16 missing bodies

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Singaporean injured after 10m fall at popular Taiwan rock climbing site Longdong: Reports

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