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National Disaster Response Force personnel stand guard a beach near Digha, India on October 24, 2024, ahead of cyclone Dana's landfall.
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Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024.
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As North Korea, Iran and China support Russia’s war, is a ‘new axis’ emerging?
An expert from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences cleans and prepares a rock containing dinosaur bone fossil, and clears the rock covering the fossil discovered in Hong Kong's Port Island.
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Dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong for the first time
An aerial view shows a coast guard rescue boat evacuating residents to safer gounds in Polangui town, Albay province south of Manila, Philippines on October 23, 2024. Torrential rains driven by the storm have turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried some vehicles up to their door handles in volcanic sediment knocked loose by the downpour.
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Tropical Storm Trami brings severe flooding and landslides to the Philippines, at least two dozen dead
Commuters travel in a bus as it rains in Seoul on October 22, 2024.
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A loneliness epidemic is spreading worldwide. Seoul is spending $327 million to stop it
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivers a speech at the Diplomatic Academy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 21, 2024.
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At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers now inside Russia, US says
Young Indians have been making a ‘do or die’ journey to live the American dream
HSBC names first female chief financial officer, unveils a major overhaul
Italian surfer dies after being impaled by fish off the coast of Indonesia
Hyundai India shares drop 6% on market debut after record IPO
Vietnam appoints fourth president in nearly two years after months of political turmoil
Monkeys killed by soil infection at Hong Kong zoo, officials say
A million children in Pakistan miss polio vaccine shots as cases spike
One of the last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II dies at 107
Ex-general Prabowo, once accused of rights abuses, takes up presidency of world’s third-largest democracy
Exclusive: Inside the prison that executes people for supplying cannabis

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President Joe Biden appears during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 4, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Biden makes clear AI can’t launch nukes as he looks to harness new technology’s power
India and China have struck a deal that could ease border tensions ahead of expected leader meeting
Chinese blockade would be act of war, Taiwan says
The West wants Putin isolated. A major summit he’s hosting shows he’s far from alone
US imposes first sanctions on Chinese firms for making weapons for Russia’s war in Ukraine

India

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Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina addresses the EU Global Gateway Forum 2023, in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines force emergency landing in Canada and fighter jets to scramble in Singapore
What to know about Diwali, the Festival of Lights
Canada expels Indian diplomats after tying government agents to ‘serious criminal activity’
Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues

Japan

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This man left the US for what he thought would be a six-month trip to Japan. 32 years later, he’s still there
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo for efforts to rid world of nuclear weapons
Qantas apologizes after R-rated film plays on every screen during Sydney-Tokyo flight
American WWII bomb explodes at Japanese airport, causing large crater in taxiway
How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains changed the world of rail travel forever

North Korea

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Video provided to CNN by the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security appears to show North Korean soldiers receiving Russian uniforms and equipment at the Sergeevka Training Ground in the Far East of Russia.
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North Korean troops spotted in Russian border region with Ukraine, says Kyiv
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North Korean troops seen being equipped in Russia ahead of likely deployment to Ukraine
North Korea sends 1,500 troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency says
US election looms over NATO discussions to Trump-proof Ukraine aid

Pakistan

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Police fire tear gas to disperse students protesting over an alleged on-campus rape in Punjab, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on October 17, 2024.
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Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus rape
Chinese workers targeted in deadly Pakistan airport suicide blast
Killing of Nasrallah is a key prize for Israel, but it’s too early to write off Hezbollah
Pakistan says police responsible for killing a doctor accused of blasphemy
Pakistan police fatally shoot blasphemy suspect in second such killing in a week

South Korea

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He served with the US Army in Iraq. Now he’s one of Asia’s top chefs and a Netflix ‘Culinary Class Wars’ judge
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Fact check: John Deere says Trump’s story about how he saved US jobs with a tariff threat is fictional
North Korea blows up roads near border with South after warning it would completely cut ties
After shooting to newfound internet stardom, Kim Ye-ji insists that ‘nothing has changed much’ since the Olympics

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He told his mother there was ‘no way’ he’d meet someone in Australia. Then he fell in love at first sight
Small town in Thailand holds mass cremation for 23 who died in a school trip bus fire
Ex-Philippine President Duterte to run as mayor despite drug killings legacy
In the commercial heart of Vietnam, embracing the chaos is part of the fun
She’s obsessed with baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng. So she flew across the world to see her