Taiwan’s opposition parties split over mayoral race, threatening 2028 election alliance
A rupture between Taiwan’s two opposition parties over a mayoral race threatens to spill into November’s elections and…
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Bangladesh measles outbreak nears 1,000 child deaths as hospital wards overflow
Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a…
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Southeast Asia’s extreme heat exposes holes in safety net for outdoor workers
When the day heats up, small business owner Chung Kee Wa, 68, changes how he tends his oil palm plantation in Yong…
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Bolivian military barracks explosion leaves 2 dead, 14 missing and dozens injured
At least two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian…
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‘Can’t live without fighting’: Myanmar youth find solace in bareknuckle lethwei
In a country consumed by conflict, a sport defined by brutality dominates: Myanmar’s lethwei martial art, where…
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India and Japan swap young workers for expertise to meet each other’s needs
India’s largest-ever business delegation, 200 executives strong, touched down in Japan late last month in search of…
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Chinese food delivery platform sparks buzz after rider flies to Singapore for curry puff run
A Chinese man dressed in a food delivery uniform has sparked widespread curiosity online after he was seen in Singapore…
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Silver linings: in Southeast Asia, ageing is big business
Helen Fung’s home felt empty. After her husband died last October, she found herself rattling around a house in…
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What Sputnik couldn’t do to American science, Beijing has
The US government owns 9.9 per cent of Intel, converted out of US Chips Act grants, alongside a golden share in US…
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Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case
A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a…
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Why the EU is giving Arctic shipping the cold shoulder as China and Russia push ahead
As Beijing and Moscow double down on the Arctic shipping route, Europe is hitting the brakes. Despite being the main…
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US job market rebounds with 162,000 new jobs, far surpassing expectations
The US job market rebounded in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs. The unemployment rate stayed at a…
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Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate
Chinese researchers have found a way to extract uranium from seawater at several times the target rate set by the US…
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Thailand suspends building of 49 data centres as resource strain concerns grow
Thailand’s embrace of data centres hit a speed bump after the government suspended construction of 49 server farms as…
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Robot guide dog debuts in China amid severe lack of furry counterparts
A Chinese defence industry research facility has unveiled what it calls the world’s first wheeled and legged robot…
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The US’ dangerous reversion to imperialism in Latin America
When China’s trade with Latin America reached a record US$518.4 billion in 2024, it marked a fundamental shift in…
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In Burkina Faso, Sky Dragon 30 missiles point to China’s military export inroads
The West African country of Burkina Faso has tested what observers say is a Chinese Sky Dragon 30 surface-to-air…
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How US military presence spurred Pattaya’s rise into Thailand’s city of pleasure
The Amazon deliveries stopped reaching the USS Abraham Lincoln in February as it entered the conflict zone with Iran. A…
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Dairy Queen to make Hong Kong comeback with 4 stores. Is it scooping up cheap rents?
American ice cream chain Dairy Queen will open four Hong Kong outlets in the fourth quarter of this year, as part of an…
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China, US military commanders snap 2-year break with talks in Canada
China and the US have ended a two-year break in command-level contact with a meeting in Canada between the top PLA…
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China and South Korea accuse each other of undermining key national principles
China and South Korea have exchanged formal protests over the highly sensitive Taiwan question and Korean unity. The…
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2 Reform UK advisers to Farage step down amid donation scandal
Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior advisers to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover…
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Why less visibility into how OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra ‘thinks’ is sparking safety concerns
OpenAI’s new model, GPT-6 Astra, has less direct visibility into how a model thinks, a development that has sparked…
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Inspired by childhood surgery, Chinese man now works alongside saviour surgeon 19 years later
A young Chinese man recently became colleagues with the doctor who saved him from a congenital heart defect 19 years…
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Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521
Malaysia declared an emergency on Friday in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo Island after air pollution breached the…
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India’s push to secure place in global chip supply has ‘secret weapon’: its people
India is betting big on domestic manufacturing of semiconductors – the microscopic brains that power everything…
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Chinese armed trainer jets drive away Philippine aircraft over Scarborough Shoal
China sent armed trainer jets to drive away Philippine light aircraft over the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday,…
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Malaysian prince ‘more than happy’ to pay US$1.6 billion levy linked to Singapore land deal
The son of Malaysia’s king has dismissed a report that a potential tax bill of more than S$2 billion (US$1.6 billion)…
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How natural disasters are putting China’s neighbourhood diplomacy to the test
Cross-border disasters along China’s frontiers are putting Beijing’s neighbourhood diplomacy to the test as climate…
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Despite rivalry, China-India coexistence is not a pipe dream
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation…
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South Korea weighs ‘contributions’ to Hormuz as US pressure mounts
South Korea is moving towards the possible deployment of naval assets to the Strait of Hormuz under mounting pressure…
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Philippine court orders Sara Duterte to be arrested for threatening President Marcos, his wife
A court in the Philippines has issued a warrant of arrest against Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio over death threats…
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2 US sailors sent back to Abraham Lincoln warship after drunken Pattaya fight
Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken…
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China arrests 52 Singaporeans in Guangxi pyramid scheme crackdown
Fifty-two Singaporeans have been arrested and detained in China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region following a law…
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Philippines’ Duterte-Quiboloy ties on show at world’s largest arena launch
The presence of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s youngest son at the opening of detained televangelist…
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Another Chinese EV maker joins grid in Europe, with Xiaomi to launch sales next year
Chinese tech firm Xiaomi will start selling electric cars in Europe next year, it announced at a consumer electronics…
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