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Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the north

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As costs rise amid Iran war, rice farmers in Thailand and Vietnam feel the strain

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Geocultural forces reshaping China’s economic map

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Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by China

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Trump’s war: the kind of military misadventure that ends empires

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Myanmar leader Beijing will back its security, sovereignty

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Malaysia’s Fire and Rescue Department riled by prank calls

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Bali trash issues raise concerns as the island’s largest landfill will be closed

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Indian police say 47 Maoist rebels surrender

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Taiwan foreign minister arrives in Eswatini after president's trip blocked

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Jakarta residents demand stable electricity after repeated outages

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US-Iran peace hopes fade as Trump scraps talks

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Taiwan foreign minister arrives in Eswatini after president’s trip blocked

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‘Shame, anxiety, and fear’: The psychological toll of online sexual violence in Indonesia

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Japanese parties pressure PM Takaichi on Hormuz energy crisis

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Battle of sub-$5 deals: South Korean retailers go all out to rival Daiso Korea as inflation bites

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Iran diplomat leaves Islamabad, Trump cancels US delegation trip

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Four killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, state media say

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Iran says it will not accept 'maximalist' US demands as Pakistan pursues peace

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Malaysia’s Anwar to drop anti-graft chief, but protesters want deeper reforms after corruption saga

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China condemns EU’s inclusion of Chinese entities in sanctions package against Russia

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China condemns EU's inclusion of Chinese entities in sanctions package against Russia

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Firefighters in northern Japan struggle to contain blazes as over 3,000 people evacuated

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Russian parliament speaker in North Korea to mark Pyongyang's troop deployment in Ukraine war

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Graft, girlfriends and government officials: Indonesia’s other corruption problem

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Filipino pageant contestant struts in ‘non-pageant body’, sparking debate over male beauty

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Bodybuilders, sumo wrestlers, MMA fighters recruited as care workers in Japan

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Nepal demolishes squatter settlements in capital that were home to thousands of people

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'Panda bond' continues as China sends giant pandas to US zoo

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Turkey may consider role in Hormuz demining after Iran-US deal, minister says

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