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'Like a second head': Record-breaking 1.9kg tumour removed from Indian
Surgeons in Mumbai took seven hours to remove a massive brain tumour from a 31-year-old man, and are claiming it's the biggest in the world.
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Tragedy
At least five dead in Indonesian landslide, many more missing
At least five people have been killed in central Java, and rescuers are digging for up to 18 missing after a soggy hillside collapsed after heavy rain.
- by Agus Basuki
China
Regulators seizes Chinese insurer which paid $2.5b for Waldorf Astoria
Insurance giant that tried to bail out Jared Kushner has been taken over by Chinese regulators and its chairman charged with economic crimes.
- by KIRSTY NEEDHAM
China
China's funeral strippers facing crackdown on 'vulgar performances'
China has launched its latest crackdown against a phenomenon which just won’t seem to die in rural areas – funeral strippers.
- by Neil Connor
Same-sex marriage
In India, even gay people want an arranged marriage
Even though same-sex marriage is not legal in India, there is a booming desire for match-making services that put gay people together.
- by Amrit Dhillon
Cambodia PM Hun Sen threatens to beat up protesters on Australia visit
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened protesters who burn an effigy of him when he visits Sydney in March, saying he will beat them up.
- by Lindsay Murdoch
Philippines
Australian businessman sentenced in Philippines for child sex crimes
Child welfare advocates have hailed the conviction of Drew Frederick Shobbrook, 51, from Sydney, as a landmark case.
- by Lindsay Murdoch
China
The man who ripped the thumb off a priceless Chinese terracotta warrior
A man at an ugly sweater party souvenired the digit, infuriating Chinese museums over theft of a cultural object.
- by Austin Ramzy
Thailand
Thai court grants custody to Japanese father of 13 surrogate children
A Thai court has ruled in favour of a wealthy Japanese man who fathered 13 surrogate children, naming him their legal parent and sole guardian.
- by Aukkarapon Niyomyat
US, Chinese security staff in 'skirmish' over nuclear football
Donald Trump's security staff reportedly came to blows with Chinese officials over a briefcase containing the nuclear codes during a visit in Beijing.
- by Ben Riley-Smith
Crime
Prosecutors comb accused spy James Ricketson's emails to journalists
One of the emails Ricketson sent to this reporter in 2015 discussed the timetable for the scheduled return to Phnom Penh of the exiled opposition leader.
- by Lindsay Murdoch