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  • Humanoid robots teamed up with young Kung Fu artists to deliver a knockout martial arts performance during the 2026 Spring Festival Gala on Monday in Beijing.
    CCTV
    China’s biggest TV event had a clear star: the robot
  • Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at the Splash Soft Power Forum in Bangkok, Thailand on July 9, 2025.
    Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images
    The house always wins: How the establishment finally came out on top in Thailand
  • Chinese Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Long March 11 takes part in a naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, on April 23, 2019.
    Jason Lee/Reuters
    China is building submarines faster than ever, think tank says. Why that’s a problem for Washington
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, on February 12, 2026, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
    Alex Brandon/AFP/POOL/Getty Images
    As Rubio tries to make amends, China looks to woo Europe
  • A girl views products at the Unitree's first nationwide physical experience store in Beijing, China, on December 31, 2025..
    China News Service/Getty Images
    China has another solution to its shrinking population: robots
  • Yip Ka Kui with his sons Yip Sheun Ting and Yip Sheun Yin on February 4, 2026.
    Bertha Wang/CNN
    This holiday is the world’s biggest homecoming. But how do you celebrate in the midst of grief?
  • Tarique Rahman, center, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), casts his ballot in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday.
    Xinhua/Shutterstock
    Bangladesh’s BNP wins big in first election since Gen Z uprising, son of former ruler set to become prime minister
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae watch an air show during an event to celebrate the Air Force's 80th anniversary, at the Kalma Airfield, in Wonsan, North Korea, November 28, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency November 30, 2025.
    KCNA/Reuters
    Could this teenage girl be North Korea’s next leader?
  • Indonesian Air Force fighter aircraft F-16 Fighting Falcon successfully carried out test landing and takeoff operations on the Terpeka Simpang Pematang Toll Road section in Lampung.
    Indonesian Air Force
    Freeways as runways: Indonesia plans to turn its islands into cheaper ‘aircraft carriers’

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    Video ‘Women are not weak’: meet Malaysia’s female tiger rangers 4:00
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    Video China birth rate at record low. This is why it matters 0:58
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    Video Why China is making condoms and birth control pills more expensive 1:22
  • 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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    Rob Griffith/AP/File
    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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    Sebastian Kennerknecht
    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
  • Funeral of Bondi Beach attack victim
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    Video Funerals underway as Sydney’s Jewish community confronts rising antisemitism 3:26
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  • BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 17: Chinese dancers dressed in traditional style clothing perform a Yingge dance, from southern China, during Lunar New Year celebrations at the Dongyue Taoist Temple, on February 17, 2026 in Beijing, China. China is celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse and Spring Festival which began on February 17th. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
    Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
    Lunar New Year 2026: Here is how people ring in the Year of the Fire Horse
  • Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
  • For Chinese sculpture artist Yin Xiuzhen, old clothes carry new meaning
  • Why the Adidas ‘Chinese New Year’ jacket has gone viral
  • Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2026 as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse

India

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  • Amar Vennapusa, a bariatric surgeon, fills a syringe with Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and weight loss, at his health clinic in Hyderabad, India, on April 14, 2025.
    Almaas Masood/Reuters
    Is India about to make Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs a whole lot cheaper?
  • A spiritual guru was jailed for rape and murder. He’s out on parole for the 15th time
  • Millions of Delhi residents lost water for days. Some say it’s still toxic
  • Deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state among 5 dead in air charter crash
  • In India, door deliveries can come in under 10 minutes. But many drivers are fed up
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Japan

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  • Japan's Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Sanae Takaichi, gestures after speaking with media on the House of Representatives election day at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, on February 8, 2026.
    Kim Kyung-Hoon/AFP/Getty Images
    She’s one of the world’s most powerful conservative leaders – and she just won again
  • Japan’s Takaichi secures historic supermajority in landslide election victory
  • Japan’s conservative leader bets big on Takaichi mania with snap election. Will her gamble pay off?
  • Australian snowboarder dies after becoming caught on ski lift in Japan
  • Crowds bid farewell to Japan’s last pandas before return to China amid souring ties

North Korea

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    Photo Illustration by Jason Lancaster/CNN/Getty Images/Film stills via Korean Central TV
    Sex, death and betrayal: This North Korean movie shows things audiences have never seen before
  • North Korea’s Kim fires vice premier, calls him ‘a goat yoked to pull an ox cart’
  • Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?
  • Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
  • Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles as South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung makes state visit to China

Pakistan

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  • A teacher talks to students during a sex education class in Sindh province, Pakistan. Two young lawyers have brought a court case they hope will break reproductive health taboos in the country.
    Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
    A young lawyer is taking Pakistan’s government to court over ‘period tax.’ She hopes the case will break sexual health taboos
  • Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan mosque
  • The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way
  • More than 120 people dead after multiple attacks in southwest Pakistan
  • Dozens missing, 21 killed after massive Pakistan mall fire

South Korea

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  • A woman holding up her baby is silhouetted against the backdrop of N Seoul Tower, commonly known as Namsan Tower, in Seoul, South Korea, on October 2, 2018.
    Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
    South Korea is finally having more babies. But can it last?
  • It’s been a weird few days on Wall Street
  • Her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams. Her reinvention brought them back to life – and won her a Grammy
  • How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first lady
  • Trump says he’s raising tariffs on South Korea because it’s ‘not living up’ to trade agreement

Southeast Asia

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    Eat, Pray, Love – go! How Elizabeth Gilbert and her readers conquered the world
  • How a royal tiger reserve is protecting the last of Malaysia’s big cats
  • The horrors of conflict still haunt America’s largest World War II cemetery
  • At least 18 killed and hundreds rescued in Philippines ferry disaster
  • Discovered: An outline of a hand that’s at least 67,800 years old
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