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1MDB trial kicks off with Malaysia’s Najib Razak accused of using vast powers to enable US$5.6b fraud

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Thailand seizes illegal squishy toys over cancer-risk chemicals

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Floods, whirlwinds leave three dead, one injured in northern Vietnam

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China’s MANPADS for Iran could cost US airpower dearly

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Politicians have long backed this Malaysian biker fest. Now its death toll is drawing scrutiny

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Japan, US confirm joint yen-buying intervention, signal more action

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Hong Kong jails prison guard over assault on inmate: Media

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China steps up protection for chip designs in revised regulations

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Negeri Sembilan polls: As BN-PN rides Malay-Muslim support to win big, what's next for them and Malaysian politics?

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China cues start of secretive annual leadership retreat

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China cues start of leaders' secretive Beidaihe summer retreat

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Bangladesh measles outbreak drives families into debt: Aid groups

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Japanese PM Takaichi visits quake-hit southern region as cleanup begins in intense heat

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Jakarta governor, police urge calm after malls erect fences purportedly to guard against unrest

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Seoul issues first ‘severe heatwave warning’ under new advisory system

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Pilot arrested with drugs in Indonesia had cleared checks at KLIA: Malaysia border control agency

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Alibaba unveils its largest AI model yet, DeepSeek's latest model is ultra-low cost

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China’s largest chipmaker CXMT plans second plant in Beijing, is in talks on funding, sources say

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F1 race in Malaysia: Country eyes a rise in tourists, increased business for small traders

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Three lions die of heatstroke at Tokyo zoo

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BN, PN to begin talks soon on electoral pact for Melaka polls, following Negeri Sembilan victory

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South Korea’s military counter-intelligence command reform takes shape but concerns remain

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Malaysia’s jazz queen Sheila Majid awarded Datuk Seri title

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China evacuates residents as heavy rains hit northwest, southwest

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China evacuates residents as heavy downpours hit country’s north-west and south-west

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Court acquits former India wrestling chief of sexual harassment

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Survivors recall blasts before deadly Indonesian ferry fire

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2 victims of Kumamoto mall explosion told by employer to return to store after evacuation

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Kumamoto quake survivors offered hotel shelter as temperature in prefecture reach record 40 deg C

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Two workers killed in blast after re-entering quake-hit Japan mall on boss' order

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‘How can the United States possibly compete with China?’

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Record heatwave spreads across Korean peninsula, prompting emergency response

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Search continues for 28 still missing after ferry catches fire in Indonesia’s Madura island

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Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years

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Leaked exams, dashed dreams: Why India’s ‘cockroach’ youth turned on Modi

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Leaked exams, dashed dreams: Why India's ‘cockroach’ youth turned on Modi

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Myanmar's detained Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official

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Not only Russian but also Ukrainian shipping getting hit

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Feeling lonely in Seoul? Try a convenience store for the mind

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China warns of crop risks as heat sweeps agricultural regions

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Foreign tourists’ spending in South Korea surges with medical travel boom

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'Your legacy will live forever': Nepal mourns climber Nirmal Purja

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Fourteen dead, thousands displaced as rains, floods strike southern India

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Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official

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Myanmar says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Red Cross official

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Commentary: With PH’s Negeri Sembilan defeat, PM Anwar is running out of states and time

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Malaysia's Sarawak grapples with rising crocodile encounters

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