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A Singapore Airlines plane’s right wing and engines catch fire as it makes an emergency landing about two hours into a flight from Changi airport to Milan
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Seventeen-year-old who got best mark in the state detained by authorities after it emerged she couldn’t spell ‘political science’
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Portrayal of the god Maui has prompted debate over unhealthy stereotypes of Polynesian men on screen
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Marites Flor says she saw Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall moments before they were killed in April and this month
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Push for legislation as workers demanding the right to disconnect from work in age of e-mail, chat and social media intrusion by their employers
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Pumping of groundwater blamed for causing soil to collapse as development roars ahead above, with railways among infrastructure at risk, say scientists
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Ultra-cheap Ringing Bells Freedom 251 Android phone previously thought to be scam will ship in batch of 200,000 – but company will make loss on each handset
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Campaign groups have condemned an editorial that argues allowing some forms of the practice may prevent extreme harm
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In Pune, India, Dr Ganesh Rakh is providing free medical care for new and expectant mothers
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Opinion Sri Lanka wants the world to forget about justice for war victims. Please don't
Nirmanusan BalasundaramWith the Sri Lankan government winding back commitments to reconciliation and justice measures, it’s up to the international community to hold them to account
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South-west China has been swept by heavy downpours. Firefighters and passersby in Guizhou province rescued dozens
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Jiang Yang, a motivational trainer, strikes employees of Changzhi Zhangze Rural Commercial Bank for their poor performance at a training session
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Narendra Modi says yoga is not a religious ritual but instead ‘belongs to this world’
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Sangduen Chailert, the founder of Chiang Mai’s Elephant Nature Park (ENP), sings lullabies to the elephants under her care
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Archaeologists in Cambodia have discovered numerous medieval cities in the Angkor region of Cambodia
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Orphaned tree kangaroo is all grown up and going to live in Singapore