Asia-Pacific

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  How rail conductor’s time in loo delayed 125 trains in South Korea

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  Electric lollipop lets users taste flavours in virtual reality

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  Cat-inspired robot to revolutionise exploration of asteroids, scientists say

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  Six people die as protesters march on Pakistan’s capital to seek release of Imran Khan

• Landslide and flash floods leave at least 16 dead in Sumatra, Indonesia

  

• Huge blaze destroys up to 1,000 homes in Philippines slum town

  

• ‘He started moving his body. We started running away’ – Indian man declared dead by medics wakes up on a funeral pyre just moments before it is lit

  

• Countries urged to be ambitious in final push for UN plastic pollution deal

  

• South Korean man guilty of dodging military draft by eating so much he was considered too heavy for combat role

  

• At least 37 dead as sectarian violence flares in Pakistan

  

• ‘It unlocks nature’s big secret’ – well-preserved sabre-toothed cat cub found in Siberian permafrost after thousands of years

  

• Inhaling air in polluted Delhi is like smoking 50 cigarettes a day, says doctor

  

• A village is replacing young people with mannequins as population dwindles: ‘We’re outnumbered by puppets’

  

• Hong Kong’s biggest national security case sees 45 pro-democracy activists jailed

  

• ‘We were fighting for our lives… it was like being in a washing machine’: Survivors recall 2004 tsunami ahead of anniversary

  

• New Delhi closes schools, daily life in capital stalls as air pollution spikes

  

• About 400,000 people displaced as latest typhoon batters the Philippines

  

• Ten newborns die in India hospital blaze after rescue effort delay

  

• Super Typhoon Man-Yi makes landfall in Catanduanes, Philippines

  

• Fire engulfs hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies

  

• Japanese Princess Yuriko dies aged 101

  

• Scientists find ‘mega coral’ so large it can be seen from space

  

• Storm-plagued Philippines evacuates 24,000 ahead of super typhoon

  

• Flights to Bali cancelled after volcanic eruption near holiday spot creates dangerous ash cloud

  

• Breaking | At least 35 killed and scores injured as car ploughs into pedestrians in Chinese city

  

• Satellite images show China working on nuclear propulsion for aircraft carrier

  

• Railway station suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 26 in attack on troops in transit

  

• Danger zone expanded as hot ash spews from Indonesia’s latest volcano

  

• South Korea may send military support to Kyiv as North Korean soldiers fight for Russia

  

• North Korea launches barrage of missiles in act perceived as message to the US

  

• Moo Deng, predicts the US election based on the cake she eats

  

• At least six dead as volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia

  

• North Korea test-fires missile that could reach US mainland

  

• Man taking selfie trampled to death by killer elephant

  

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