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French teenager charged in Singapore over vending machine straw-licking video
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, accused of mischief and public nuisance over alleged stunt in mall A Frenc…
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
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Shock in India after man takes remains of his sister to bank to prove her death
Jitu Munda says he was refused access to money in case highlighting ‘lack of humanity’ in Indian bureaucracyTh…
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Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins free speech award in Germany
Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security lawThe jailed …
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Taiwan accuses China of vegetable laundering via Vietnam
Taiwanese officials have accused firms in China of attempting to evade import restrictions by rerouting vegeta…
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Christchurch gunman fails in bid to appeal against guilty pleas in New Zealand court
Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims said poor mental health made him admit to crimesThe Austr…
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Buzkashi horsemen battling for a headless goat: Todd Antony’s best photograph
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the b…
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Kim praises North Korean soldiers who blew themselves up to evade Ukraine capture
Leader mentions for first time lengths to which troops go to avoid falling into enemy hands while fighting for…
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Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India…
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Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of peop…
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New Zealand officials reject ‘comfort women’ statue after objections from Japan
Statue recognising Japan’s sexual slavery of up to 200,000 women in second world war will no longer be erected…
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From Jakarta to Manila, south-east Asia turns to Russia to plug fuel, fertiliser gaps caused by Iran war
South-east Asia, which relied heavily on the Middle East for energy and fertiliser, is desperately seeking to …
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Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage
Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holidayT…
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Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment
Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tour…
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Train collision in Indonesia kills seven as rescuers work to reach survivors
Efforts continue to free two trapped passengers in wreckage after long-distance train collides with commuter t…