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Move to ease inflation threatens city-state’s de-facto national dish of poached chicken and rice
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Foreign affairs minister tells regional leaders ‘we understand we need to work together like never before’ as battle for influence with China intensifies
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Restrictions have eased and more than 22 million people are allowed to move around the city again
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Separated in March, Hasina Begum’s family have now settled in Bangladesh as India continues to deport Rohingya despite UN refugee status
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Krishnakumar Kunnath, a star Bollywood singer best known as KK, complained of feeling cold and unwell before collapsing
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Killed in a shooting this week, the 28-year-old Punjabi Sikh MC offset gangster bravado with a keen sociopolitical awareness
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Global development Tanzila Khan: disability rights campaigner tells young women ‘the world is yours’
Winner of the inaugural Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment award says she saw mainstream culture did not represent her, so she created her own space
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During his visit to Japan, Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan in the case of invasion by China
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Swathes of Pakistan and India have been experiencing high temperatures since April, extreme weather that the World Meteorological Organization has said is consistent with climate change
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At least 27 people have died and dozens more were injured in a huge fire in a commercial building in India’s capital, Delhi
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Marcos Jr won more than twice as many votes as nearest rival after campaign marred by extensive social media disinformation
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The historic bridge crumbled, after the heatwave caused the Shisper glacial lake to release large amounts of floowater
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Sri Lanka’s prime minister has resigned after five people were killed in violent protests amid an unprecedented economic crisi
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