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Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 people dead and 10 missing
Torrential rains cause flooding and landslides in East Nusa Tenggara province and on the tourist island of Bal…
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Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 people dead and 10 missing
Torrential rains cause flooding and landslides in East Nusa Tenggara province and on the tourist island of Bal…
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Flash floods in Indonesia leave at least 15 people dead and 10 missing
Torrential rains cause flooding and landslides in East Nusa Tenggara province and on the tourist island of Bal…
- Ageing, Asia Pacific, Environment, Guinness World Records, Japan, Mountaineering, Mountains, Older people, Society, World news
Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second …
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Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions
Police set up checkpoints across Jakarta on Monday after deadly protests that have forced Prabowo Subianto to …
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Indonesia protests: president scraps lawmakers’ perks in bid to calm tensions
Six people have now died in nationwide protests, forcing Prabowo Subianto to remove perks include a housing al…
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Azerbaijan and Armenia sign peace deal at White House that creates a ‘Trump Route’ in region
Deal to end four-decade conflict includes creation of transit corridor named ‘Trump Route for International Pe…
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At least 38 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
Rescue workers save 12 people with seven still missing after vessel overturns during sudden thunderstormA tour…
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The Killing Fields execution site and two former Khmer Rouge prisons added to Unesco heritage list
The three Cambodian sites’ inscription coincides with the 50th anniversary of the rise to power of the brutal …
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Dalai Lama defies China to say successor will be chosen by Tibetan tradition
Spiritual leader challenges Beijing in video statement released in run-up to 90th birthday celebrationsThe Dal…
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Protesters in Bangkok demand resignation of prime minister over leaked phone call
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has angered Thai nationalists, who accuse the Thai leader of kowtowing to CambodiaThous…
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New Zealand halts millions of dollars in aid to Cook Islands over deals struck with China
Wellington says it has paused payment of some funding until Pacific island nation takes steps to ‘repair the r…
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New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given record suspensions
Parliament votes to enact punishment after hours of fraught debate including attitudes towards Māori cultureNe…
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Mongolia PM resigns after losing confidence vote that followed weeks of protests
Critics had called for Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai to step down after reports of his son’s lavish spending Mongo…
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South Korea goes to the polls to elect new president after Yoon crisis
Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos…