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Weather tracker: Thunderstorms hit Spain as Japan braces for typhoon
At least one person dead as stormy weather causes severe flooding in Barcelona and Valencia
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Balletic hits and bicycle kicks: Teqball comes of age at the Asian Games
Invented a little over a decade ago in Hungary, teqball is a combination between soccer and ping pong
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Fiji declares national HIV emergency as Pacific nation grapples with surge in cases
Government estimates that one in 60 adults in Fiji now living with HIV, as escalating use of methamphetamine f...
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‘Harrowing reading’: what the inquiry into NZ fugitive father Tom Phillips revealed
Inquiry uncovered missed opportunities and failures by New Zealand police and government agencies that may hav...
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‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with c...
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At least six dead and 130 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes, officials say
Search and rescue agency says 107 people brought to safety from vessel hit by bad weather in Java Sea
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One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas
Prime minister’s office tells families of those missing ‘the nation stands with you’ as search and rescue effo...
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Xi Jinping gets red carpet at Brics summit amid thaw in India-China relations
Chinese president’s arrival in Delhi seen as step towards reconciliation after deadly 2020 military clash
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Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest know...
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‘We can’t stop for a second’: the centre tracking South Korea’s stalkers in real time
Since June, an app has allowed survivors, who are overwhelmingly women, to see exactly where their stalker is
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North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says
The International Atomic Energy Agency voices ‘serious concerns’ over expansion of Yongbyon facility to enrich...