Asia Pacific
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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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China U-turn is latest sign Trump may turn out to be a paper tigerUS leader has softened on a range of issues. Is he a bully who relents when challenged, or is he learning the limits of his power?
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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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Volunteers try to save whales at New Zealand beach after mass stranding – videoDozens of volunteers form a barrier in Golden Bay in an effort to prevent more whales from stranding themselves after hundreds died there on Thursday night
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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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The Guardian view on Donald Trump and Asia: allies are anxious tooEditorial: Destabilising the Asian-Pacific status quo and unsettling China is not an end in itself. Regional powers are unnerved by erratic and even contradictory signals from the US
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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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Manus Island detention centre on high alert after escape during deportation attemptAttempt to deport two Nepalese asylum seekers results in one escaping as Papua New Guinea finalises travel documents for those found not to be refugees
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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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Samsung factory fire caused by faulty batteries‘Minor’ fire at Galaxy Note 7 battery supplier’s Tianjin plant saw 110 firefighters and 19 trucks sent to put out blaze, according to emergency services
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China may still be using executed prisoners' organs, official admitsHuang Jiefu, in charge of overhauling the Chinese transplant network, angers rights activists as Vatican trafficking talks begin
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China plays down Steve Bannon's predictions of war with USWang Yi dismisses Trump strategist’s comments, saying any ‘sober-minded politician’ would know both sides would lose out from such a conflict
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Australian man Antonio Bagnato sentenced to death in ThailandBagnato found guilty of 2015 abduction and murder of Hell Angels gang member Wayne Schneider at Pattaya
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Coalition backs down on forced acquisitions of Queensland farmsBarnaby Joyce confirms backflip over Shoalwater Bay military training area expansion, assuring owners ‘property will not be purchased against your wishes’
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Donald Trump and China on dangerous collision course, say expertsReport says ties between the two nuclear-armed countries could deteriorate into an economic or military confrontation
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Australian weather: extreme heat sends bushfires raging across south-east – live