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Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn is escorted by officers at a police station in Bangkok, Thailand on April 26, 2023.
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Thai court gives death penalty to woman accused of cyanide serial killings
Commuters step out in a foggy winter morning amid rising air pollution, on November 19, 2024 in Greater Noida, India.
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‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Life in the world’s most polluted city
SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 25: The national flags of the United States and China flutter at the Fairmont Peace Hotel on April 25, 2024 in Shanghai, China. At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China from April 24 to April 26. (Photo by Wang Gang/VCG via Getty Images)
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Indian international students in the US outnumber Chinese for the first time in 15 years
Elon Musk gives a tour to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, a Trump confidante, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Trump’s turn to bask in Musk’s reflected glory
A baker prepares bread in Srinagar, Kashmir, India on March 23, 2023.
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The disputed region of India that bakes bread to rival France
Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder, is on trial over national security charges in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong hears from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai for the first time in four years at his trial
The $50 trillion guardrail on Trump
Car crashes into people outside primary school in central China: state media
Weight-loss drug Wegovy launched in China
Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long-range US weapons in Russia
Biden’s green light for Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia just raised the stakes in a war Trump will inherit
Trump might nix America as a climate tech leader. 5 charts show China winning that race
Weary Philippines cleans up after Super Typhoon Man-yi becomes fourth major storm to hit in the past fortnight
India’s successful test of hypersonic missile puts it among elite group
How different a commander in chief will Trump be?
Wreck of US Navy’s heroic ‘dancing mouse’ WWII warship found off Australia

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View of the production line of the 100% electric Ford Explorer at the Ford Electric Center Factory in Cologne, western Germany, June 4, 2024.
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Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe
Stealth fighters and a massive mothership drone: The high-tech weapons China unveiled at its largest airshow
Joshua Wong shouts ‘I love Hong Kong’ as more than 40 leading democracy leaders handed lengthy prison terms in mass trial
China rebuffs meeting with US defense secretary
Eight killed and 17 injured in mass stabbing in eastern China

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fire that killed 10 newborns in Jhansi city, India, on November 15, 2024.
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Hospital fire kills 10 newborn babies in northern India
US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India
‘In so many ways, I broke so many barriers:’ Former Pepsi boss Indra Nooyi on life as a trailblazing CEO
China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border. Some appear to have crossed the line
At least 36 dead after overcrowded bus skids into deep gorge in northern India

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Long-lost ocean worms photobomb tiny seahorses, surprising scientists
American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine
Japanese Princess Yuriko, oldest member of imperial family, dies at 101
Nissan shares slump after it announces 9,000 job cuts and a plan to slash production
World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space

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Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, speaks to parliamentarians in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Ukraine fires US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time
Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
North Korea to mass produce self-detonating explosive drones, state media reports
Senior commanders react to Trump’s new cabinet picks
Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says

Pakistan

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Satellite imagery from NASA Worldview shows heavy smog over Pakistan’s Punjab province and parts of northwest India on November 10, 2024.
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Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space
Dozens killed in Pakistan train station suicide blast, as militants claim responsibility
Pakistan province calls for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India as record smog chokes major city
Thick smog chokes northern India and eastern Pakistan ahead of Diwali
A million children in Pakistan miss polio vaccine shots as cases spike

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Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body
‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk put his actual teeth into making the show
After Trump’s win, some women are considering the 4B movement
South Korean actor Song Jae-lim dead at 39
South Korean president takes up golf again to prepare for Trump’s second term

Southeast Asia

Protest groups stage a prayer rally at Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino who was arrested and sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into Indonesia, in Pasay, Philippines, on September 6, 2022.
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Indonesia to return death-row drug convict to Philippines after yearslong appeal for mercy
Duterte returns as Philippines’ political clans wage ‘a fight to the death’
The ancient UNESCO-listed city that’s considered the cradle of Thai culture
Few have heard of this scenic train journey through Indonesia (and it’s a bargain, too)
Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines