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Thailand’s Parliament is set to choose a new prime minister with Thaksin’s daughter as nominee
Thailand’s Parliament has started voting whether to approve the daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister.
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Palau’s president says China is weaponizing lucrative tourism over his refusal to break Taiwan ties
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Thai courts that have disbanded multiple governments are accused of setting back democracy
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Flights and trains canceled in Tokyo area as a strong typhoon swerves nearby
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Bangladeshi protesters attack supporters of ex-premier Hasina and harass journalists
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Australian Olympic Committee hits out at criticism of controversial breaker Raygun
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort.
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TikTok compares itself to foreign-owned American news outlets as it fights forced sale or ban
TikTok has pushed back on arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment. The U.S.
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Panda twins are born in Hong Kong to Ying Ying, the world’s oldest first-time mom
Hong Kong has welcomed the births of its first locally born giant pandas. The theme park where the twins were born said their mother is the world’s oldest first-time giant panda mother on record.
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Mongolia is in the tourism spotlight and making it easier to visit. Reindeer sledding, anyone?
With its reindeer sledding, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping to woo visitors who are truly looking to get away from it all.
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India’s Modi voices concern over unrest in neighboring Bangladesh and attacks on Hindus there
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there.
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Japan ends ‘megaquake’ special caution week after finding no immediate risk
Japan’s government has ended a weeklong information campaign urging caution and preparedness for a possible megaquake — an earthquake of magnitude 8 strength or higher — striking the Pacific coast.
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With asking price of $142 million, no bidders for home of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi
A second attempt to auction the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed after no bidders showed up, likely deterred by the court-ordered asking price of $142 million.
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Daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin will be nominated as new leader in parliamentary vote
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will be nominated as the country’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote, her party and its coalition partners said Thursday.
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Kishida vows to push rules-based order as Japan’s defense chief visits Yasukuni 79 years after WWII
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a solemn ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II.
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Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
The Taliban have deliberately deprived at least 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans. That’s according to new data released Thursday by UNESCO.
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China’s economic recovery dragged down by property slump and weak consumption in July
A continued property crisis and weak consumption dragged on China’s economic recovery in July, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
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Survey shows disaster-prone Southeast Asia is also best prepared, suggesting lessons can be learned
Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis shows its people also feel the best equipped to deal with them.
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China’s foreign minister meets with Myanmar’s military boss as civil war strains their relations
China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing.
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What’s next in Japan with Kishida bowing out as party leader and prime minister next month
Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has surprised the country by announcing that he’ll step down when his party picks a new leader next month.
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Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand’s politics
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethics violation.
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The Taliban are celebrating 3 years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans
The Taliban are celebrating their third year as rulers of Afghanistan at a former U.S. air base. But they’re not talking about Afghans.
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An election in Kiribati provokes Western alarm about Beijing’s sway in Pacific atoll nation
People in Kiribati are going to the polls for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China.
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A timeline of events in Afghanistan in the 3 years since the Taliban’s takeover
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S and NATO forces withdrew from the country after more than two decades of war.
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Japan’s first-ever megaquake advisory brings worry and confusion. What does it mean?
Japan issued its first “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the country’s southern main island of Kyushu.
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Kishida will not seek another term, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek another term as his party’s leader, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September.
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New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public.
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Rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were worsened by climate change, study finds
The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change.
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3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day
Officials say suspected militants have hurled hand grenades at a house and store selling Pakistani national flags in the southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan’s independence day.
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Filipino gymnast who won 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero’s welcome and free buffets for life
The 24-year-old’s gold medal wins were the largest victory ever by a Filipino athlete since the Philippines joined the Games a century ago.
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Bangladesh’s ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a call from her self-exile in India for an investigation into the killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests in her country that prompted her ouster.
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Man who died flying a helicopter that crashed on Cairns hotel roof had not flown in Australia before
A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Queensland, Australia, was an employee of the aviation company that owned the aircraft but didn’t work as a pilot and hadn’t flown in Australia before.
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Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians
Officials say Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces have traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side.
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The Berlin Zoo is hoping for more German-born giant pandas as scans confirm a pregnancy
The Berlin Zoo has much anticipated news: Meng Meng the panda is pregnant again, months after the first giant pandas born in Germany were sent to China.
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The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority
Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks.
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Philippines protests Chinese air force jets’ firing of flares in the path of patrol plane
The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired flares in the path of a Philippine air force patrol plane over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
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Gunmen kill senior government administrator in an attack on his vehicle in southwest Pakistan
Officials say gunmen have ambushed a vehicle carrying a senior government administrator in southwest Pakistan, killing him and wounding two other people before fleeing.
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Pakistan’s military arrests former spy chief over probe related to a housing project scheme
Pakistan’s military says the former spy chief has been arrested and will be court-martialed. The military’s announcement on Monday did not say when the arrest took place and no charges have been disclosed against Faiz Hameed, a retired army general.
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Pakistani mountaineer known for rescue missions dies during descent on Broad Peak
Pakistani officials say a climber climber known for taking part in high-altitude rescue missions died during a descent from one of the country’s tallest mountains.
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Indonesian president holds the first cabinet meeting in the nation’s unfinished future capital
Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in the nation’s future capital of Nusantara, surrounded by miles of construction sites and doubts about the sustainability of the ambitious megaproject that remains behind schedule.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for explosion in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed at least 1
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least one person.
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