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A drone footage shows partially submerged village houses and other buildings after heavy rainfall flooded the Miyun district of Beijing on July 29.
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Beijing evacuates more than 80,000 over heavy rain: state media
The move follows flooding in the capital's suburbs last week that killed dozens.
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Australia adds YouTube to teen social media ban, tearing up exemption
The country's internet regulator cited a survey that found 37% of minors reported seeing harmful content on the site.
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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.
An elderly man clears mud in front of a flooded market after heavy rains at Taishitun village in Miyun district, on the outskirts of Beijing, on Monday.
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Jul 29, 2025
Floods kill dozens after Beijing records almost a year of rainfall in days
By Liz Lee and Xiuhao Chen
China's usually arid north has seen record precipitation in recent years, with some scientists linking the rainfall to global warming.
Cambodian soldiers reload a multiple rocket launcher in Preah Vihear province on Thursday.
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Jul 24, 2025
Thailand fighter jet bombs Cambodian targets as border clash escalates
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng
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.

How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China and Russia start joint military drills in Sea of Japan
Russian and Chinese naval officers take part in a ceremony Thursday ahead of the start of joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, following the arrival of Chinese military vessels in Vladivostok, Russia.
Kamchatka quake may have awakened volcano dormant for 600 years, Russia says
Kamchatka. Krasheninnikov Bay
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
Signs for fast-fashion factories in Prato, Italy, on Friday. Chinese crime groups in the district thrive on the "Prato system" rife with corruption in the fast-fashion sector.
Extreme heat in Japan set to peak this week
People shield their eyes from the sun as they walk through a street on a hot day in Tokyo on July 26.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
From Osaka to the NHL: Jordan Spence hopes to inspire young Japanese hockey players
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jordan Spence helps lead the Dreamskate Japan hockey camp in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 5.

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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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