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  • Chinese president Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave to crowds during Xi’s 2019 visit to Pyongyang

    North Korea’s involvement in Ukraine draws China into a delicate balancing act

  • This illustration taken from the government's official YouTube video shows a conveyor belt road.

    Japan plans ‘conveyor belt road’ linking Tokyo and Osaka amid delivery driver shortage

    It is hoped ‘innovative’ 24-hour design will also cut carbon emissions, as demand for delivery services soars
  • Kokila Annamalai speaking at an anti death penalty protest at Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park 3 April 2022.

    Kokila Annamalai, the first activist in Singapore to defy its ‘stifling’ online speech laws

    The activist risks jail after refusing to ‘correct’ online posts criticising Singapore’s death penalty and drug laws, a first in the city state under its ‘Pofma’ act

  • Inexperienced, poorly trained and underfed: the North Korean troops heading to Ukraine

  • China blocking UK plans in Beijing amid east London mega-embassy dispute

  • Kiss chaste: number of high school boys in Japan who have had first kiss falls to record lows

  • North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

  • At least 10 dead as volcanic eruptions destroy houses in Indonesia

  • Narendra Modi condemns attack on Hindu temple in Canada as tensions rise

  • Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ in the Philippines – explained in 30 seconds

Asia Pacific

  • People Take Part In Nationwide Hikoi Movement<br>CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 30: Protesters hold flags and signs as they gather at the Bridge of Remembrance on May 30, 2024 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The nationwide day of activation saw Hikoi, or protest marches, take place around the country. Organisers said on Instagram that the action was intended to demonstrate a unified Aotearoa response to the current government's handling of Treaty of Waitangi matters and relationship with New Zealand's Indigenous Maori population. The action co-insided with the presentation of the budget in parliament. (Photo by Joe Allison/Getty Images)

    New Zealand
    Controversial bill to reinterpret New Zealand’s founding document reaches parliament

  • Toilet cubicles with open doors in a public restroom

    New Zealand
    ‘It was carnage’: students describe suspected mass food poisoning at New Zealand university

  • A female performer sings Karaoke songs on the banks of the Love River during the Lantern Festival.

    Taiwan
    Karaoke and Kong-rey: Taiwan sings through biggest typhoon in decades

  • The Capitol of Palau is the palace of the Palau National Congress. It is located in Ngerulmud, the administrative capital of the country. Its design is based on the United States Capitol.

    Pacific islands
    The other November 5 election: China and the US look on as Palau votes

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South & central Asia

  • an illustration of cameras, an American flag and people wearing patriotic clothing

    US elections 2024
    World watches with bated breath as US votes for Harris or Trump

  • Satellite view of Diego Garcia

    Immigration and asylum
    Tamils stranded on Diego Garcia for three years allowed to enter UK

  • Singham Again

    Film
    Singham Again – third time around for Ajay Devgn’s supercop leading selection box of star names

  • Pollution is the biggest health threat in India, with a report saying Delhi residents lose up to 8.5 years of life.

    South and central Asia
    ‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins

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Pictures & video

  • Why are North Korean soldiers entering Russia's war against Ukraine? – video explainer

  • Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, registering as the biggest storm the island has faced in decades

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    Floods and strong winds as Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan – video

    Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, registering as the biggest storm the island has faced in decades
  • The Russian president sidestepped a question on Thursday about whether North Korean troops were deployed to fight in Ukraine

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    Putin sidesteps question on North Korean troops being deployed in Ukraine – video

    The Russian president sidestepped a question on Thursday about whether North Korean troops were deployed to fight in Ukraine
  • Puppets on the streets of Ichinono, Japan.

    Fabricating life in the Japanese village of Ichinono – in pictures

  • Storm Trami brought torrential rain to parts of the Philippines and has killed dozens of people

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    Landslide destroys homes after tropical storm makes landfall in the Philippines – video

  • Protesters at a barricade facing military personnel

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    Anti-government protesters storm presidential palace in Bangladesh – video

  • The US military launched a clandestine program amid the Covid-19 crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation, in part, as payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.

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    How the US military suppressed China's Covid-19 vaccine - video

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