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Asian stocks under pressure, oil near four-month low as volatility risks highlighted

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Sydney woman wakes from induced coma more than a week after shark attack

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South Korea's KOSPI surges 4.1% as chip stocks recover

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KOSPI bounces back as Asian markets look to recover from rout

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Malaysia’s ‘durian tsunami’ season to last till August

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Residents in Johor Bahru cry foul over smelly river

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Lorry driver who saved 21 bus passengers honoured at Malaysian Parliament

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Xi pressures Takaichi by throttling key China mineral exports to Japan

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North Korea’s Kim unveils plans for 10,000-tonne warships, nuclear navy

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North Korea should build two warships a year in next five years, Kim says

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AirBorneo disruptions risk undermining Sarawak’s aim for greater autonomy

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Commentary: ASEAN-Russia summit is not a tilt toward Moscow

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Indonesia clings to emerging markets mantle as MSCI extends review to November

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‘ASEAN’s gift to the world’: Hormuz crisis sharpens Philippines’ push for South China Sea code

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US fights the battles South Korean conservatives have abandoned

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The future of peace on the Korean Peninsula

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Evacuation plan through Hormuz for stranded ships in Gulf underway, UN agency say

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Climate-vulnerable countries push for global funding framework

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Bangladesh says $389 billion climate finance goal falls short, calls for more support

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EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels for first time

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China displaces US for world’s fastest supercomputer crown

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Longtime Fed chair, Ayn Rand disciple Alan Greenspan dead at 100

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Leading Pakistan activist given life sentence over soldier's killing at rally

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Sri Lanka bans junk food in schools due to health concerns

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Japan PM Takaichi heckled with anti-war slogans at Okinawa ceremony

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Japanese man suspected of senior role in ‘Luffy’ syndicate nabbed in Manila

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North Korea’s Military Demarcation Line fortification violates 1953 armistice, says Seoul

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More nations willing to join GCAP jet project, Italy says

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How a new tourist ferry from Taiwan to Japan could play a different role in times of crisis

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Oman and Iran to pursue talks on managing navigation in Strait of Hormuz

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China’s most advanced aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait, Taipei says

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China's most advanced aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait, Taipei says

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China's foreign minister calls on BRICS to strengthen strategic minerals cooperation

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Explainer-The health risks of extreme heat

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Japan Supreme Court upholds disbandment decision for controversial Unification Church

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GoTo, Grab to cut driver commissions to 8% in Indonesia

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Concrete canopy collapses from abandoned building in Bangkok, days after fatal incident

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Former Indonesian president Sukarno’s wife expresses regret at assault trial

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Israel is out of control — and no, it’s not just Netanyahu

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Over 5,000 people trapped in Myanmar scam centres near Thai border: Rights group

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‘New reality for the region’: What roles will China and India play in the Middle East after the Iran war?

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Israeli gunfire kills two people in south Lebanon, civil defence says

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Over 5,300 people trapped in Myanmar scam centres near Thai border, says rights group

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Japan to fully digitalise airport customs declaration by 2030

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Deadly Philippine school shooting planned in advance: Police

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Surging dollar battering Asia’s most fragile currencies

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Philippines rethinks school safety measures after rare shooting kills three

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Australian bookshops look to tax breaks, vouchers to save them from a bad ending

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Japan’s frigate sales pitch masks a wider regional power play

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North Korean leader Kim criticises Japan as turning into ‘war state’

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