Asia
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North Korea claims missile test success as China rejects US criticismUS calls for it to press Pyongyang to ditch nuclear programme are pointless unless Washington looks at own role, Beijing says -
Lahore blast: bomb explodes near protesters – video reportAn alleged suicide bomb has killed up to 10 people and wounded at least 40 in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday evening -
Lahore blast: several killed as 'suicide bomb' hits Pakistan rallySenior police officers among at least 10 people killed and dozens wounded during pharmacists’ protest at provincial assembly
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Hope for end to New Zealand whale strandings after 350 dieAbout 650 pilot whales beached themselves at top of South Island, with 350 dying but others either swimming away or refloated by volunteers
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Hong Kong subway arson attack injures 18, three criticalPolice rule out possibility of it being a terrorist attack and arrested one man for the crime
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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
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How Xi Jinping's global ambitions could thrive as Trump turns inwardAs Donald Trump steers the US towards isolationism and protectionism, China’s leader is casting himself as a champion of internationalism and free trade. But are Xi’s values really compatible with those of the rest of the world?
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UN accused of failing Afghan refugees 'forced' to return home from PakistanUNHCR cites behind-scenes advocacy after rights group claims it has left Afghan refugees at risk of persecution by failing to condemn ‘campaign of abuse’
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How bad is Delhi's air? We strapped a monitor to a rickshaw to find outSuresh Kumar Sharma is an auto-rickshaw driver in Delhi, a city with some of the world’s dirtiest air – and where many locals don’t know how unhealthy the pollution really is
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'A company of my own': the rise of Myanmar's tech pioneersA new generation of startups are tackling some of the country’s toughest problems, from heavy traffic to high maternal mortality rates
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Viceroy's House review – soapy account of India's birth agoniesHugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson play the Mountbattens in Gurinder Chadha cheekily Downtonised but watchable version of history
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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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US commander in Afghanistan calls for thousands more troops – videoGeneral John Nicholson, the top US commander in Afghanistan, tells the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he needs several thousand more international troops
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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
'The darkest time': Hong Kong reels over bizarre disappearance of Chinese billionaire