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Hong Kong jewellery shop slapped with 30-day tour group ban over coerced sales
US troops a liability for some Kuwaitis amid Iran fury: ‘we’re paying the price’
Can Anwar’s call for ‘freer’ filmmaking help ease Malaysia’s censorship rules?
DeepSeek leads surge in low cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform
Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low, UN says
US lawmakers urge Trump to ban Americans from aiding Chinese security agencies
Thai lab detects first methamphetamine-etomidate vape mix
China’s J-16s face off against Egypt’s Rafales in combat drills as Iran war rumbles on
Chinese dad’s chemotherapy note prompts food vendor’s US$15 donation, goes viral
Rohingya refugees protest dire conditions in Bangladesh camps
Kremlin rebukes Finland's Stubb over support for long-range Ukrainian strikes
Hong Kong power firms to raise fuel charges from September amid geopolitical tensions
Another earthquake detected off Johor’s Batu Pahat coast in two months, no tsunami threat
Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease spike in Vietnam
State prosecutors in Armenia detain ex-president Kocharyan on corruption charges
Singaporean who filmed couple on rooftop and demanded sex, cash gets jail
Indian police use water cannon at new protest over test paper leaks
Xi’s 13-year corruption campaign just keeps accelerating
China sentences artist Gao Zhen to 3 years’ jail for ‘insulting heroes’, says rights group
Hundreds of flights cancelled as typhoon bears down on Okinawa