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Award-winning Cambodian journalist Mech Dara arrested, say rights groups
Dara, known for his reporting on human trafficking in the cyber scam industry, had worked for an independent n…
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Typhoon Yagi: scores dead from flooding in Myanmar
At least 320,000 people have been displaced and 64 were still missing after the strongest storm to hit Asia th…
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Pope arrives in Indonesia, the first stop on longest tour of his papacy
Pontiff lands in Jakarta before travelling on to Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore over 12 daysPope …
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Modi tells Zelenskiy he is ready to work ‘as a friend’ to bring about peace deal
Indian PM says he respects and supports ‘sovereignty and territorial integrity’ of Ukraine during historic vis…
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Senior Thai politician who slapped reporter to be investigated
Thai parliament to investigate Prawit Wongsuwon after he repeatedly hit a journalist as she tried to ask him q…
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More than 200 unexploded second world war shells found near Solomon Islands school
Police dug up and removed the rust-caked projectiles, which belonged to US troops during the second world warW…
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Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed Sabina Shoal in South China Sea
Philippines says two coast guard vessels damaged by China’s ‘unlawful manoeuvres’, while Beijing says it took …
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Head of Japan drugmaker to resign over dietary supplement potentially linked to 80 deaths
President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical standing down after damning report said company failed to act with suffi…
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At least 11 killed and dozens missing as Chinese bridge collapses amid floods
President Xi Jinping calls for ‘all-out efforts’ to find more than 30 people after incident in Shaanxi provinc…
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China’s economy growing slower than expected as leaders meet for third plenum
The world’s second-largest economy is grappling with a real estate debt crisis, weakening consumption, an agei…
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Swimmer rescued 80km off Japan coast, 36 hours after being swept out to sea
Twenty-one year old spent two nights in the ocean before being spotted by a cargo ship A woman who was swept o…
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Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be…
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Thailand passes historic bill recognising marriage equality
Country on track to become third in Asia – after Taiwan and Nepal – to legalise same-sex marriageThailand’s se…
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Three arrested in Hong Kong for ‘insulting’ Chinese anthem at World Cup qualifier
Police say spectators ‘turned their backs toward the pitch and did not stand for the playing of the national a…
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China’s Chang’e-6 probe lands on far side of the moon aiming to return first samples to Earth
Spacecraft to collect samples from rarely explored area before attempting unprecedented liftoff from ‘dark sid…