East Asia

75 on board New Zealand Navy ship safe after it sinks off Samoa

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board…

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‘Gave me a second life’: How Singapore doctors saved this boy from rare cancer with experimental treatment

ISOLATION For a month, the boy was isolated in a quiet, clean room in NUH. He had to be isolated…

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What are the potential costs of Indonesia President-elect Prabowo’s free lunch initiative?

Java, where the current capital Jakarta is located, is home to three of the biggest shipping ports in the country.…

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UK investment summit to feature Google, Wayve and Brookfield

LONDON : The new British government’s first international investment summit will feature senior executives from companies including Google, Wayve and…

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Trump returns to site of failed assassination

Ten days later the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned and the agency remains under heavy pressure to…

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Australians evacuate from Lebanon via Cyprus

Australia started evacuating its nationals from Lebanon via Cyprus on Saturday, in the first large-scale operation to get citizens out…

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Undeterred Simeone aims for Atletico Madrid turnaround against Real Sociedad

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone dismissed claims of negativity surrounding his team after their 4-0 defeat against Benfica in the…

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Islamabad at standstill amid pro-Khan demonstrations

Pakistan’s capital was locked down on Saturday, swarmed by security forces with mobile internet cut as supporters of jailed ex-prime…

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Huge crowds for South Korea fireworks despite deadly 2022 crush

A large fireworks festival in South Korea drawing a massive crowd on Saturday has snarled traffic through its busy capital,…

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Floods inundate Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai

BANGKOK: Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding on Saturday (Oct 5) as its…

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