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Tokyo snow: first flurries of the year land in the Japanese capital – in pictures
Heavy snow has hit Tokyo, disrupting trains, grounding more than 100 flights, and covering the city in a white…
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Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong | Letter
Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to a Guardian editorial about the trial of the media mogul …
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Japan earthquake: footage shows residents escaping Wajima landslide – video
Footage from 1 January shows Wajima residents running from a landslide after a deadly earthquake struck the Ja…
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‘I felt my life was over’: passenger in Japan Airlines crash recounts experience – video
All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast…
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Aerial footage shows destruction in Japan after earthquake – video
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck central Japan on Monday. Aerial footage shows the damage in the city of Waji…
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Japan’s deadly earthquakes spark fires and destroy buildings – in pictures
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida says the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to find people affect…
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Lee Jae-myung stabbing: footage shows attack on South Korea opposition leader – video
The South Korean politician is stabbed in the neck while talking to reporters in the port city of Busan. Foota…
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Japan orders people to evacuate after 7.6-magnitude quake hits west coast
Major tsunami warnings downgraded but residents in coastal areas told not to return to homesA powerful earthqu…
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The world in 2024: Guardian writers on what to look out for
What to expect in Gaza, Ukraine, the US elections, China, Europe and the rest of the worldThe year 2024 will b…
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Henry Kissinger’s role in Bengali massacre | Letter
In 1971 he advised Nixon to side with Pakistan’s military dictator in his war with Bangladesh, then East Pakis…
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Rescuers evacuate Indian construction workers trapped in tunnel – video
Rescuers have pulled out 41 Indian construction workers who spent two weeks trapped in a tunnel that partially…
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Hong Kong to restructure primary education to make it more ‘patriotic’
New curriculum from 2025 part of push to create sense of national identity among schoolchildrenHong Kong is to…
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Yemen’s Houthis release video of hijacked cargo ship – video
Footage showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the Red Sea has been released…
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The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat – a photo essay
With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world’s largest inland body of…
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Azerbaijan is acting in self-defence | Letter
A state using its revenue to defend its territorial integrity is, or at least should be, uncontroversial, writ…