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A month-old lion cub (center) is seen in front of two 8-day-olds at a breeding facility in Chachoengsao province, Thailand, on July 7.
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'Absolute madness': Thailand's pet lion problem
Thailand's captive lion population has exploded in recent years, with nearly 500 registered in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes.
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Floods kill dozens after Beijing records almost a year of rainfall in days
China's usually arid north has seen record precipitation in recent years, with some scientists linking the rainfall to global warming.
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Thailand fighter jet bombs Cambodian targets as border clash escalates
Weeks of tension escalated into fresh clashes that have killed at least nine civilians.
Neacher Nazia Hussain (left) holds her child whilst teaching a class at a government school at Rajanpur district in southwestern Punjab province.
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Jul 22, 2025
Without papers: Ghost lives of millions of Pakistanis
By Sameer MANDHRO
Pakistan launched biometric identification cards in 2000 and registration is increasingly required in all aspects of formal life, especially in cities.
Items collected by people who hunt for coins and other valuables in the Yamuna River in New Delhi on June 26
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Jul 17, 2025
New Delhi's river divers risk health in polluted waters, seeking treasures
By Bhawika Chhabra
Hundreds of divers hunt for coins, trinkets, discarded bottles and shards of metal and wood that can be sold in the capital's booming scrap market.
The crash site of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12
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Jul 17, 2025
Air India junior pilot asked why captain turned off fuel switches, sources say
By Allyson Versprille and Julie Johnsson
While fuel supply to the engines was restored about 10 seconds later, it was too late to avert the June 12 crash that killed 260 people.
Children play video games on their mobile phones at an internet cafe in Demoso township in Myanmar's eastern Karenni state.
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Jul 5, 2025
Making connections in Myanmar's fractured state
Four years of civil war between Myanmar's military and its myriad opponents have shattered communications networks.
A woman weeps as she holds a poster of TikTok star Sana Yousaf during a protest to condemn violence against women, after Yousaf was killed for rejecting a man's proposal in Islamabad.
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Jun 16, 2025
'This is a culture': TikTok murder highlights Pakistan's unease with women online
By Juliette MANSOUR
TikTok is wildly popular in the nation, and women have found both audience and income. But as views have surged, so have efforts to police the platform.
Cantonese opera actor Lung Koon-tin, portraying U.S. President Donald Trump, performs on stage in "Trump, The Twins President" in Hong Kong, on Thursday.
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Jun 6, 2025
Trump-inspired Cantonese opera in Hong Kong aims to bring love and peace
By Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang
"Trump, The Twins President" has been through several iterations since its 2019 debut, with the latest version featuring the attempted assassination of the U.S. president.
A mother takes her child to kindergarten in Hanoi on Wednesday. Vietnam's birth rate fell from 2.11 children per woman in 2021 to 1.91 last year.
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Jun 4, 2025
Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines
The birth rate fell from 2.11 children per woman in 2021 to 1.91 last year, below replacement level.

Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
‘Killer satellites’ beware: Japan unveils first space defense guidelines
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters during a visit to the Air Self-Defense Force's Space Situation Awareness radar in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Monday.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
By Jason Coskrey

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