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Japanese fans gather to welcome BTS on world tour

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Iran negotiators, citing possible Israeli attack, got Pakistan escort home from peace talks

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Thailand dismantles Bangkok network producing fake MSG, seasoning powder

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Myanmar cuts ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence, frees former president

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A week of bustling diplomacy in Beijing as world leaders look to China for stability

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China says Japan stirs ‘trouble’ with vessel in Taiwan Strait

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China calls passage of Japanese warship through Taiwan Strait a 'provocation'

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Chinese president Xi welcomes slew of world leaders as Trump fights allies

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Chinese travellers hit by wave of Southeast Asia flight cancellations, Singapore routes affected amid fuel crisis

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China hits food delivery platforms with $671 million fine for ‘ghost’ deliveries

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China Shock 2.0 jolts global economy as Trump does Xi’s work

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Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister resigns over coal import graft allegations

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Indonesia repatriates 45 in 3rd evacuation wave from Iran as fragile truce holds

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Skin boosters made from cadavers raise ethical concerns in South Korea

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Filipino president says ex-MP being held in Czech Republic

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'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

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Disrupted supply chains, divided politics

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From soju to craft brews, South Korean alcohol's growing popularity in Singapore

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Malaysia may consider Cabinet pay cuts if Middle East conflict worsens, says PM Anwar

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China says its military activities around Taiwan are ‘reasonable, justified’

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Russia still tackling a blaze at Tuapse port

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Myanmar’s ex-president Win Myint freed after pardon of post-coup convictions

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Ahead of Trump-Xi summit, China moves to build leverage and limit risks

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Iran war spurs hikes in rubber glove prices, raising caution at hospitals

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First South Korean tanker transits alternative Red Sea route

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Ex-bus driver in Malaysia jailed, fined after video of girlfriend seated on his lap goes viral

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Western Australia farmers turn to canola over wheat as fuel, fertiliser costs rise

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Will Russia attack Ukraine’s European drone suppliers?

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Under blackout threat, Wikimedia to hold talks with Indonesia

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War with Pakistan halts school for Afghan border children

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AI shrinking the margin for nuclear error in South Asia

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Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet'

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Prince Harry and Meghan meet survivors of Bondi Beach attack on final day of Australia trip

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Myanmar reduces ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence, her lawyer says

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Myanmar cuts ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence and frees former president Win Myint

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China to further diversify energy imports, boost reserves, state planner says

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Iran’s low-cost drones democratizing precision warfare

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China turns Taiwan’s own voices against it in information war

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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire won’t end the death and suffering

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Trump says Iran war should end 'soon', both sides may meet at weekend

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‘Cruelly hot’: Japan devises new term for days with temperatures of 40 deg C or more

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Don’t hold your breath on a truly European NATO

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China offers loans, technology for Vietnam railways

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China offers Vietnam railway loans, technology; shows off high-speed rail

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Australian former soldier gets bail on Afghanistan war crime charges

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Indonesia arrests chief ombudsman on bribery charges after only 6 days in office

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Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza gives update on health condition following four-vehicle accident

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Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% year-on-year in Q1 2026, official advance estimate shows

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