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  • Officials work at the site where a train was derailed when a construction crane collapsed and fell onto its carriages, causing several casualties, in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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    Multiple fatalities as construction crane collapses onto moving train in Thailand
  • A man looks at his mobile phone as he sits on the banks of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China, on February 12, 2021.
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    Viral app in China taps into national loneliness by asking: ‘Are You Dead?’
  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) smash out some K-pop hits after their talks in Nara, central Japan on January 13, 2026.
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    Drumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits
  • Participants bathe in ice-cold water to purify their souls and pray for good health during a New Year's ritual at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Tokyo, on January 11, 2026.
    Louise Delmotte/AP
    Japan dives into New Year with prayers and an icy plunge
  • An aerial view of a huge mound of garbage that collapsed at a waste segregation facility in Binaliw, Cebu City, on January 9, 2026.
    Jacqueline Hernandez/AP
    Landfill collapse kills 1 and leaves at least 27 missing, Philippine police say
  • Footage broadcast by Chinese state television CCTV shows billionaire businessman Chen Zhi during his extradition from Cambodia to China on January 7, 2026.
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    Alleged cybercrime kingpin arrested and extradited from Cambodia to China
  • Robots compete in a 5x5 football match during the World Humanoid robots games in Beijing on August 17, 2025.
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    China’s robot sports craze could eventually put humanoids in homes
  • Bai Suo Cheng is handed over to Chinese police officers at the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on January 30, 2024.
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    2025 was a terrible year for the ‘Four Families’ accused of running global cyber scam operations
  • This image from Sunday, December 28, 2025 shows a projectile flying mid-air on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill, according to local media, at an unknown location. Pictured released December 29, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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    Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles as South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung makes state visit to China

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  • Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 22, 2014.
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    Video New search begins more than ten years after flight MH370 went missing 1:57
  • Wildlife conservation photographer Sebastian Kennerknecht in Malaysia
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    Video The conservation couple chasing every wild cat on Earth 3:27
  • <p>A police officer hailed as a hero for shooting dead one of the attackers responsible for the Bondi Beach massacre has been identified by Australian media as Detective Senior Constable Cesar Barraza. He is believed to have shot dead Sajid Akram, 50, according to the Sydney Morning Herald and CNN affiliates 9News and 7News.</p>
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    Video What we know about the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre 2:38
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    Video Funerals underway as Sydney’s Jewish community confronts rising antisemitism 3:26
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    Video Suspected gunmen in Bondi Beach shooting were father and son, police say 1:26
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    Video Israeli PM says Australia poured “oil on the flames of antisemitism” through inaction 1:22
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  • Employees of Gstar Electronic Appliance Co., Ltd work to assemble air fryers in the factory in Ningbo, China, on May 19, 2025.
    Go Nakamura/Reuters
    China notches historic $1.2 trillion trade surplus, up 20% despite Trump tariffs
  • Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
  • Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
  • Former Navy sailor sentenced to 16 years for selling information about ships to Chinese intelligence
  • Venezuela has a ton of oil. It also has something else America needs

India

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Food delivery persons of Swiggy are delivering food in Kolkata, India, on July 14, 2024.
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    In India, door deliveries can come in under 10 minutes. But many drivers are fed up
  • Half a billion voters. One list. Just seven weeks to clean it up
  • A Bollywood film is turning India’s monument to love into a symbol of division
  • A trade deal with Washington and a warm welcome for Putin: Can India have it both ways?
  • Lethal smog is back in the world’s most polluted capital. Residents have had enough
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Japan

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  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaking in Tokyo on November 7, 2025.
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    Japanese PM’s Taiwan comments prompt China to ban certain exports to Japan
  • Bluefin tuna fetches record $3.2 million in year’s first sale at Tokyo fish market
  • Japan’s prime minister joins female lawmakers in fight for more toilets in parliament
  • Where to travel in 2026: The best places to visit
  • At least 15 injured in knife and bleach attack at Japan factory

North Korea

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  • Photo of 100-day-old Sohn Yang-young or Kimchi 1 taken after the family settled on Geoje Island after evacuating from Hungnam.
    Charlie Miller/CNN
    Naval nativity: As their mothers fled North Korean forces 75 years ago, five Christmas babies were born at sea
  • North Korea reveals new images of its first ‘nuclear-powered’ submarine
  • US submarines are outnumbered in the Pacific. South Korea has a plan to help
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • North Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms

Pakistan

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  • An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border October 15, in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.
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    Pakistan and Afghanistan trade fire along the border but no casualties are reported
  • ‘Enemy KIA’: Trump revives playbook from Afghanistan for campaign targeting alleged drug boats
  • Pakistan parliament approves more powers for army chief, curbs top court
  • Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
  • At least 12 killed in Islamabad suicide attack – the most deadly assault in the Pakistani capital since 2008

South Korea

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  • Lee Byung-hun of "No Other Choice" poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro during the Toronto International Film Festival at InterContinental Toronto Centre on September 08, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario.
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    Lee Byung-hun didn’t plan for global domination (but it happened anyway)
  • BTS propelled K-pop to global stardom. Nearly four years later, they’re back
  • An aversion to alcohol is moving the global party scene in an unexpected direction
  • South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile
  • This college entrance exam was so hard an official had to resign. Could you ace these questions?

Southeast Asia

  • The chat window for chatbot Grok on a laptop on June 9, 2025.
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    Musk’s Grok blocked by Indonesia, Malaysia over sexualized images in world first
  • Thailand frees 18 Cambodian soldiers held since July under new ceasefire deal
  • What happened when CNN Travel challenged ChatGPT to come up with guides to our cities
  • Alleged Bondi gunmen did not train in the Philippines and acted alone, police say
  • Indonesian rescuers search for Spanish soccer coach and 3 children after tour boat sinks
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