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Bangladesh PM to visit Malaysia, China on first foreign tour

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Pakistan roadside blasts kill seven, AP says

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Iran war gives Pakistan its biggest diplomatic boost in decades

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Two roadside blasts in north-west Pakistan kill 7: Police

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House leaders in Indonesia meet student protesters in rally against fuel prices, free meals

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Why a speech by Pursuit Of Jade’s Zhang Linghe has divided Taiwan

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Germany blurs defence lines with bet on Philippines’ old US base

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Australia poised to become an Asia-Pacific energy superpower

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Palestinians to pay the price for Netanyahu’s defeat in Iran

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Everything Bangladesh’s Rahman hopes to get from China

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Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu as virus reaches every continent

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Man in Japan arrested for confining 5-year-old girl in rubbish bin

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Indonesia’s blanket fuel subsidies favour the rich, say economists, urging targeted aid

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Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu

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Australia confirms first case of H5 bird flu

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South Koreans find home in Chennai through food, friendship, bargaining in Tamil

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How Chennai became home for South Korean mum who bargains in Tamil and other Koreans

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UN envoy calls for release of Myanmar’s ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 81st birthday

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Japan seeks G7 price floors to break China’s rare earth grip

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Would you choose to take a 22-hour non-stop flight?

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Hidden in plain sight: the AI within Xiaomi

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Turkey bars public World Cup screening during university entrance exams

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Trapped on Everest for days, Nepali survivor Dawa Sherpa recounts escape

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US-Iran talks delayed as Israeli bombs in Lebanon kill 18 or more

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One person dies after being hit by Japan’s bullet train; service disrupted for three hours

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OECD urges Singapore, Japan to join global study on financial literacy of 15-year-olds

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Malaysian parents welcome new anti-bullying law

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India med school hopefuls beset with anxiety before they retake scandal-tainted exam

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Japan foreigner entry visa fees to be hiked fivefold to 15,000 yen from July

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Two separate bombings leave police injured in Thailand’s Yala and Pattani provinces

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China travel agencies resume Japan group tours, some later halt sales

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AI supercharging online scams across Asia, warns Interpol’s cybercrime chief

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Sri Lanka battles surge in dengue fever, with more than 44,000 cases so far this year

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Trump’s MOU is an IOU: the severe US losses of his misbegotten war

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Vietnamese man deported to South Sudan by US leaves for home

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Steel industry sounds alarm over slow progress on green steel

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What can be done about the explosion of disinformation?

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Deadly 7.8-magnitude Philippines quake turns seabed into shore

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Wasian and proud — but does the label uplift or divide?

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Deep-sea denizens go years without food with clever biological fix

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Experts urge Yangon to step up building inspections after unusual earthquake aftershocks

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Have an Indian ancestor? A new proposal could soon let you play sport for India

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India probes embezzlement allegations at landmark temple

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India’s strategic autonomy morphing into a connectivity strategy

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Japan-owned vessel passed through Strait of Hormuz on Friday, Japan says

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Japan rice prices fall for first time in 3.5 years

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Japan enacts changes to bolster support for elderly without kin

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South Korea’s Lee calls for overhaul of election management after flawed vote

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South Korea's Lee calls for overhaul of election management after flawed vote

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