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Asia

  • Wind turbines dot the coastline along a giant solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province

    China building twice as much wind and solar power as rest of world – report

  • A Japanese coast guard helicopter lifts a woman to safety after she was swept out to sea off the southern tip of Chiba's Boso peninsula on Monday evening.

    Swimmer rescued 80km off Japan coast, 36 hours after being swept out to sea

    Twenty-one year old spent two nights in the ocean before being spotted by a cargo ship
  • Leaders attend a working session during the Nato Summit in Washington.

    China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke

    Nato’s communique highlights concerns over Beijing’s nuclear arsenal and its capabilities in space, with Jens Stoltenberg calling it an important message

  • UK should restore diplomatic presence to help Afghan women, says aid chief

  • Heavy rains flood streets and trap hundreds in China – video report

  • Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers

  • Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer

  • Record number of journalists killed in Pakistan already this year

  • Modi tells Putin that the 'heart bleeds' when innocent children are killed – video

  • Modi and Putin cement ‘bonds of friendship’ despite Ukraine tensions

Asia Pacific

  • ONE TIME USE ONLY. Illustration for the Pacific Project. Western countries security deals with Pacific Nations. Final

    Fiji
    Fiji wrestles with need for outside help on security, at risk to its own sovereignty

  • Lonely person standing by the sea, looking out into the distance in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

    New Zealand
    New Zealand’s sea temperatures hit record highs, outstripping global averages

  • illustration

    Pacific islands
    Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means

  • Vistors trying out an AI assistant program at the Baidu stand

    China
    Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China

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South & central Asia

  • The impossibility of putting a number on happiness is quickly revealed … Agent of Happiness.

    Film
    Agent of Happiness review – Do you own a tractor? Bhutan surveyors attempt to analyse joy

  • A cleaner in Jaipur, India, squats to sweep leaves from a lawn.

    Opinion
    The Hindujas made UK headlines for mistreating their servants. In India no one batted an eye – here’s why

    Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi
  • Rows of small blue-capped glass bottles containing milk.

    Global development
    Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval

  • An aerial view of a flooded area of Rangpur district in Bangladesh.

    Bangladesh
    Bangladesh floods leave at least eight dead amid fears situation could worsen

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Pictures & video

  • Vladimir Putin takes Narendra Modi for a drive and shows him his horses – video

  • Scores of people were reportedly killed as crowds left a sermon celebrating the Hindu deity Shiva in Hathras, south-east of Delhi

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    Injured rushed to hospital after crowd crush at Hindu gathering in India – video

    Scores of people were reportedly killed as crowds left a sermon celebrating the Hindu deity Shiva in Hathras, south-east of Delhi
  • Space rocket soars straight up into the air before losing power, falling back down to earth and exploding into flames in China

    1:08

    Chinese space rocket crashes into hillside after accidental launch – video

    Space rocket soars straight up into the air before losing power, falling back down to earth and exploding into flames in China
  • The Chinese lunar probe retrieved the first ever soil samples from the moon's far side, marking a major milestone for Beijing's space program

    0:55

    China lunar probe returns from moon carrying first ever soil samples from its far side – video

  • Footage released by Russian state TV showed the two leaders driving around what appeared to be a park in Pyongyang

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    Putin takes Kim Jong-un for a drive in Russian luxury car – video

  • Russian president is greeted by crowds and fanfare on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years

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    Kim Jong-un welcomes Vladimir Putin at official ceremony in Pyongyang – video

  • Kim Jong-un with Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin in North Korea – in pictures

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