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South China Sea: US reports 'unsafe encounter' with Chinese military aircraftNavy surveillance aircraft and Chinese military aircraft come within 1,000ft of each other near contested reef in apparently unintentional encounter, US says -
Trump praises Abe's ‘strong hands’ at White House meeting – videoThe US president and Japanese prime minister held a joint news conference on Friday, where Trump reiterated America’s commitment to Japan’s security
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Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beachUrgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales
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Australian man whose girlfriend died in Thailand jetski collision to be interviewed by policeLocal media says Thomas Keating will be formally charged with reckless driving after Emily Collie’s death
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Medical journal to retract paper after concerns organs came from executed prisonersStudy published in Liver International examined the outcomes of 564 transplantations at Zhejiang University’s First Affiliated hospital in China
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Chinese family of 500 reunite for supersize group photoMembers of the Ren clan gather in eastern china for portrait to commemorate the completion of detailed family tree
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Roving clinics tackle TB among Myanmar's poorest people – in picturesAn initiative sending teams into isolated communities to X-ray patients and give treatment is improving diagnosis rates, in a country where TB is one of the leading causes of death for people aged 15-49
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'There will be more deaths': NGOs on Trump's anti-abortion ruleWe asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
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More than 1,000 Rohingya feared killed in Myanmar crackdown, say UN officialsAung San Suu Kyi criticised for failure to condemn army despite mounting evidence of atrocities on a huge scale
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Fingerprint payments prompt privacy fears in IndiaAfter India’s banknote ban, private companies are using the country’s biometric database to bring financial services to millions
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Indonesian illegal gold mining – in picturesIndonesian miners painstakingly sift through the waste for scraps from the largest gold mine in the world: the Grasberg mine in West Papua
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US warns North Korea of 'overwhelming' response if nuclear arms used – videoOn a visit to South Korea, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, James Mattis, warns North Korea of an ‘effective and overwhelming’ response if Pyongyang chooses to use nuclear weapons
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Turkmenistan president sings to group of workers – videoGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, sings to a group of workers in the Ahal region of the country on 30 January
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Republic Day in India - in picturesIndia marks the 67th anniversary of its constitution coming into effect with an elaborate displays of military might and cultural events across the country
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