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Asia

  • Narendra Modi does yoga in New York as US state visit gets under way

  • China is state most dangerous to its own citizens’ civil rights, report finds

    China scores better on food, health and housing, while crackdowns have worsened Hong Kong’s ratings

  • Chinese culinary craze of stir-fried stones rocks the internet

    Resurgence of centuries-old suodiu (suck and discard) dish has seen chefs frying up pebbles with ginger and chilli

  • Teachers at Taiwan kindergarten accused of drugging children

  • President of Tibet’s government-in-exile: region is seeking autonomy not independence – video

     

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  • Three more bodies found by authorities after Greek shipwreck

  • Advocate for separate Sikh state in India shot dead in Canada

  • ‘I have come for a sign of life’: relatives cling to hope after Greek shipwreck

  • Grief-stricken Pakistani town mourns sons lost in Greek shipwreck

  • Sunk boat had not moved for hours, data suggests, contradicting Greek officials

Asia Pacific

  • China
    Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping hold ‘candid’ talks in Beijing

    • China
      Sunak urged to rethink visit by Chinese official linked to forcible removal of dissidents

    • North Korea
      North Korea holds key meeting as US sends nuclear submarine to South Korea

    • New Zealand
      Home invasions and roadblocks: New Zealand on alert as ‘seal silly season’ begins

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South & central Asia

  • Opinion
    I literally cannot say Imran Khan’s name on Pakistani TV – this madness has to end

    Hamid Mir

  • US news
    ‘India is now a linchpin’: US looks to Narendra Modi’s visit to counter China

  • The age of extinction
    Are debt-for-nature swaps the way forward for conservation?

  • Opinion
    Kerala is rolling out free broadband for its poorest citizens. What’s stopping your government?

    Oommen C Kurian
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Pictures & video

  • Indonesians honour the Buddha on Vesak Day – in pictures

     

  • Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested on Tiananmen Square anniversary – video

     

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    At least 10 people have been detained in Hong Kong after trying to commemorate the 34th Tiananmen Square anniversary

  • Drone footage shows authorities clearing tracks after deadly train crash in India – video

     

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    Aerial footage showed a clean-up operation underway following a massive train crash in India's Odisha state

  • Rescue teams search for survivors after deadly train crash in India – video

     

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  • India train crash kills more than 200 people – video

     

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  • Extra time: Japan's over-80s football league where older people tackle ideas about ageing – video

     

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  • ‘We saved his life’: Nepali sherpa saves climber in rare rescue near Everest summit – video

     

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