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A woman hugs her father as they reunite, on a flooded street in Hat Yai district, affected by deadly heavy rainfall, which has impacted several provinces in southern Thailand, in Songkhla province, Thailand, November 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Karit Chaui-aksorn

Thailand eyes drones to boost flood relief efforts; deaths climb in Indonesia

The two soldiers, part of a militarized law enforcement mission ordered by President Donald Trump months ago and challenged in court by officials of the District of Columbia, were hospitalized in...

Workers clean panels at a solar park in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. Photo: Reuters

India's clean energy ministry urges power regulator to defer stricter green power rules

A drone view shows cars parked on a bridge to escape floodwaters in a flooded area in Hat Yai district, affected by heavy rainfall, which has impacted 10 provinces in southern Thailand and have killed several people, in Songkhla province, Thailand, November 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Weerapong Narongkul

Thai floods death toll at 33: official

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te pays a visit to Songshan airbase in Taipei, Taiwan March 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan plans extra $40 billion in defence spending to counter China

People drive past a coal-fired power plant in Shanghai, China, 21 October 2021. Photo: REUTERS

China's new coal plant permits set for four-year low in 2025, analysis finds

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with US President Donald Trump, at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato

'Extremely good friends': Japan PM touts Trump bond after first talks since China dispute

A researcher prepares medicine at a laboratory in Nanjing University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, 29 April 2011. Photo: Reuters

Chinese pharma's rapid rise: Why US drugmakers may become more dependent on China despite tensions

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Malaysia mulls social media ban for under-16s

A man walks through floodwater as rain pours in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Malaysian floods affect 11,000 people across seven states

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5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Myanmar coast, tremors felt in Thailand

A graphic illustration about earthquakes, showing a red seismograph line and the word EARTHQUAKE as a collapsing city falling into a fissure in the ground.

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

A historic stance against the sumo ring’s ban on women. Photo: UNB

Japan’s first female prime minister confronts long-standing ban on women entering the sumo ring

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Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Seram, Indonesia: GFZ