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Typhoon Saola makes landfall in southern China as nearly 900,000 evacuated
Storm hit overnight as business, transport and schools suspended in Hong Kong and GuangdongTyphoon Saola has m…
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Hong Kong: Cantonese language group shuts down after targeting by national security police
Fears that China’s crackdown on dissidents is expanding into cultural sphere after linguistic group closes ove…
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US, Japan and South Korea agree to security pledge over China’s objections
‘Duty to consult’ commitment means three countries will contact each other in event of security crisis or thre…
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Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates have part of convictions quashed
Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and four others had their convictions for organising an unauthorised assemb…
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Thousands of scouts evacuated from world jamboree in South Korea as storm nears
Government deploys 1,000 buses to move young people but insists programmes will continue elsewhereTens of thou…
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Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion
‘Chasing Dreams’, an eight-part series aired on state TV, features testimony from dozens of soldiersChina-Taiw…
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Dozens die in train crash in southern Pakistan after 10 carriages derail
Thirty people reported dead and more than 90 injured after Rawalpindi-bound express overturnsA train has derai…
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Leader of Thailand’s most popular party fails in final attempt to become PM
Court suspends Move Forward’s Pita Limjaroenrat from parliament as rivals vote against him taking officeThe le…
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Indian rocket blasts into space on historic moon mission
Chandrayaan-3 launches from island in southern India in follow-up to failed effort four years agoAn Indian spa…
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North Korea threatens ‘shocking’ consequences after claims of US spy plane incursion
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Kim Jong-un, has claimed North Korean planes repelled a US spy planeThe powerful si…
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Hong Kong: fifth person arrested for allegedly supporting overseas pro-democracy activists
Arrests comes days after Hong Kong issued warrants for eight overseas-based dissidentsHong Kong police have ar…
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Woman’s leg amputated at Bangkok airport after getting stuck in moving walkway
Airport expresses ‘deepest condolences’ after 57-year-old gets caught and has left leg removed from above the …
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North Korea holds key meeting as US sends nuclear submarine to South Korea
Kim Jong-un attended the conference to review defence strategies and the country’s struggling economyNorth Kor…
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Philippines’ Mayon volcano spews lava as thousands told to prepare to flee
Over 13,000 people already evacuated but many more may have to leave if eruption turns violent The Philippines…
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My life was turned upside down by Beijing threats, wife of Chinese ex-official tells US court
Liu Fang tells how her family lived privately in the US for eight years, until two men turned up at their door…