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Scenes of severe flooding in Feni, in southeastern Bangladesh, on Friday, August 23, 2024.

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Floods kill more than 30, impact millions in Bangladesh and northeast India

A general view to the Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great cathedral ahead Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2024. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

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US unveils massive tranche of sanctions targeting Russia as Biden announces new aid for Kyiv

Earth Moon - NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth's Moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin.

Data from India’s historic moon mission supports long-standing lunar theory

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kyiv by train on August 23.

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India’s Modi arrives in Ukraine for talks with Zelensky weeks after Putin meeting

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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan attends a news briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 20, 2024.

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Sullivan to China next week, sources say, as US works to manage bilateral relationship

Tourists scaling the Great Wall of China can now get takeout delivered by drone

Russia’s Putin and China’s No. 2 official praise deepening ties as Ukraine war grinds on

Japanese town quietly removes its Mount Fuji-blocking barrier

Man arrested in Pakistan for alleged role in spreading disinformation linked to UK riots

China to probe European dairy imports as trade dispute escalates

An airport in Japan shut down because a pair of scissors went missing

Europe just slashed tariffs on cars made by Tesla in China

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama watches five-shot lead disappear before winning FedEx St. Jude Championship

Modi to visit Ukraine, weeks after Kyiv condemned Indian PM for hugging Putin in Moscow

7-Eleven targeted by Circle K owner for huge convenience store tie-up

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<p>CNN’s Anna Coren reports from a rescue boat run by volunteers who were bringing aid to people affected by flooding in Bangladesh. The CNN team were on their way to remote locations on a mission to pick up people who were not able to flee on foot themselves.</p>

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A silhouette of Yu, who first met her host in January 2023. More than a year later, she is still in debt and resorting to sex work to pay her bills.

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CNN speaks with victim of Japan ‘host club’ scam 4:35

Fire on former Soviet warship docked near Shanghai 0:28

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

Inside Trump 2.0: Ex-Pentagon official on Trump’s foreign policy vision 6:25

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Hong Kong’s giant panda Ying Ying gives birth to twins 0:37

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China ‘the isolated party’ in the region, says Rahm Emanuel 17:07

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Japan just made their first-ever warning of a ‘major earthquake’: Here’s what that means 1:23

China

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A Shein Group Ltd. packaging at a small garment workshop in the village of Nancun in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

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Shein?reveals child labor cases at its suppliers

These robot boats are cleaning up Asia’s waterways

Panama to launch deportation flights to China and India, as well as regional neighbors

Old aircraft carrier, once part of mighty Soviet fleet, burns in Chinese lagoon

China’s one-child policy hangover: Scarred women dismiss Beijing’s pro-birth agenda

India

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland on Thursday.

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Modi meets Polish leaders ahead of ‘landmark’ trip to Ukraine

Indian American Muslim group cancels parade participation amid float controversy

A planned float in NYC’s India Day Parade is anti-Muslim and should be removed, opponents say

Trying to avoid an elephant stampede? There’s an app for that

No golds for India: Why the world’s most populous country punches below its weight at the Olympics

Japan

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People walk pass the black screen as the city of Fujikawaguchiko built a screen to dissuade tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji, Japan's most famous heritage, from a sidewalk in front of a Lawson convenience store on May 21, 2024, at Fujikawaguchiko city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Japanese town quietly removes its Mount Fuji-blocking barrier

An airport in Japan shut down because a pair of scissors went missing

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama watches five-shot lead disappear before winning FedEx St. Jude Championship

7-Eleven targeted by Circle K owner for huge convenience store tie-up

Japan braces as powerful Typhoon Ampil strengthens near Tokyo

North Korea

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Crew and officials from the United Nations Command and U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) secure UNC flags over transit cases of remains thought to be of U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, before returning them to the United States for further processing and identification, in Wonsan, North Korea, July 27, 2018.

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US expresses frustration that North Korea is blocking efforts to recover remains of American casualties from Korean War

North Korea will reopen to international tourism this winter, tour operators say

Zelensky confirms Ukrainian troops are fighting inside Russian territory

Tennessee man arrested for allegedly using IT worker scheme to raise money for North Korea’s weapons program

Opinion: This should be America’s next step to stay ahead of ruthless cybercriminals

Pakistan

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Riot police hold back protesters after disorder broke out on July 30, 2024, in Southport, England. Rumours about the identity of the 17-year-old suspect in yesterday's deadly stabbing attack here have sparked a violent protest. According to authorities and media reports, the suspect was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, but the person cannot be named due to his age. A false report had circulated online that the suspect was a recent immigrant who crossed the English Channel last week and was "on an MI6 watchlist." (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Man arrested in Pakistan for alleged role in spreading disinformation linked to UK riots

Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record

Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled assassination plot potentially targeting Trump

ISIS claims responsibility for rare attack on mosque in Oman

Pakistan extends visas for 1.45 million Afghans but denies deportations on hold

South Korea

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People wearing face masks walk before the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il (centre R) on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 9, 2020. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP) (Photo by KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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North Korea will reopen to international tourism this winter, tour operators say

South Korean badminton player wins landmark Olympic gold — then takes shot at country’s governing body

What it’s like to undergo 15 beauty treatments in just 3 days in South Korea

BTS member Suga apologizes for riding electric scooter while drunk

North Korea claims it’s sending 250 new missile launchers toward the South Korean border

South East Asia

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She got back in touch with a vacation fling from over 15 years ago. What happened next was unexpected

Drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, Indonesia court finds

Plane carrying 9 people crashes in forest near Thailand’s capital

Indonesia?scraps plan to change election law amid protests

Thailand’s king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as new prime minister