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August 29, 2025

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and Thailand

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August 29, 2025

Taiwan has ‘right to remain free’, US senator says in visit criticised by China

Roger Wicker and Deb Fischer meet island’s president in Taipei as Beijing says trip sends ‘gravely wrong signal’A visit to Taiwan by tw...

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August 29, 2025

Thailand court to rule on fate of prime minister over leaked phone call with Cambodia’s leader

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin, has been accused her of failing to protect Thailand’s interestsThailand’s...

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August 29, 2025

India’s Modi to meet Xi and Putin on first China trip in seven years as US tariffs bite

PM’s four-day trip, which includes Japan visit, comes as Delhi seeks to diversify trade and bolster ties with BeijingThe Indian prime minister,...

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August 29, 2025

New Zealand fugitive and one of his children spotted on CCTV after four years on the run, police believe

Footage from a small North Island town store is the first confirmed sighting of Tom Phillips in a year, nearly four years after he disappeared with...

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August 28, 2025

Putin and Kim to join Xi at Chinese military parade in show of defiance to the west

The Victory Day parade in Beijing on 3 September will mark the formal surrender of Japan during the second world war. No western leaders will...

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August 27, 2025

Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash

Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer tiesAn attempt to promote...

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August 26, 2025

Trump says he hopes to meet Kim Jong-un and raises prospect of US taking over some South Korean land

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung uses Oval Office meeting to encourage Trump to engage with North Korean leaderDonald Trump has said he wants to...

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August 26, 2025

Protests erupt in Indonesia over privileges for parliament members and ‘corrupt elites’

Controversy over housing allowance, which is almost 10 times minimum wage, comes amid President Prabowo Subianto’s austerity driveRiot police have...

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August 24, 2025

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails

Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes...

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August 23, 2025

North Korea accuses South Korea of ‘deliberate provocation’ after warning shots fired at soldiers on border

Seoul says military fired warning shots on Tuesday after troops from the North briefly crossed borderSouth Korea fired warning shots at North Korean...

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August 22, 2025

Indonesia working on details of plan to treat 2,000 people from Gaza amid concerns about right to return

Security ministry and the ministries of health and foreign affairs have met to discuss how the controversial proposal to treat Palestinians would...

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