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Maksim, left, and Sergey, two Russian citizens who are seeking asylum after a five-day boat journey across the Bering Sea, in downtown Tacoma, Washington after an interview at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, on Jan 19, 2023. The men fled Russia, opposing their country’s war with Ukraine and the expanding effort to enlist more men to fight.

A small boat, a vast sea and a desperate escape from Russia

NEW YORK — A series of knocks rattled his apartment door one day last fall, and Maksim peered through the peephole to see two soldiers in uniform. They were military enlistment officers, he knew, expanding the vast conscription effort for the war in Ukraine to Russia’s remote Far East.

04/02/2023

Aiki, one of the judges for “Girl’s Re:verse,” a K-pop in the metaverse show, during a taping at a studio in Goyang, outside Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 27, 2022. In the world’s testing ground for tech, K-pop singers are being spun up out of pixels and doing battle in a virtual universe.

Will the metaverse be entertaining? Ask South Korea

04/02/2023

Sitting out during an injury can feel a lot like grief. Experts provide tips on how to handle it. (Niklas Wesner/The New York Times)

The heartache of being sidelined from your favorite sport

04/02/2023

Men walk among animal carcasses at the village of Antalale, 50 kilometres from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on Jan 13, 2023.

In drought-stricken Ethiopia, the herders' heartache

04/02/2023

Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles drive through Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010.

Nato urges Russia to comply with last US nuclear treaty

03/02/2023

This handout photo from Mr Chase Doak taken on Feb 1, 2023 and released on Feb 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana.

Suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US: What we know

03/02/2023

Indonesia tells outsiders not to use Asean as 'proxy'

03/02/2023

Sushi conveyor belt pranks spark outrage in Japan

03/02/2023

China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb 6

03/02/2023

Firefighters work among debris of a destroyed building by a rocket strike in Kramatorsk on Feb 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others

03/02/2023

This aerial file photo taken on March 12, 2022 shows the Pentagon (US Department of Defense) in Washington, DC.

Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States, Pentagon says

03/02/2023

A screengrab from documentary Beyond Utopia.

What a perilous flight from North Korea tells us about digital connections

02/02/2023

A Singaporean tourist who identified himself as “Sky” (left) discusses an alleged police extortion incident at the Davis Bangkok Hotel with former politician turned whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit (right) on Feb 1, 2023.

Singaporean tourist says Thai police told him and Taiwanese actress Charlene An 'to pay or go to jail'; 6 officers charged

02/02/2023

China's President Xi Jinping (right) chats with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (left) after the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18, 2022.

China and US are wooing Indonesia, and Beijing has the edge

02/02/2023

People take photos at the Peak lookout in Hong Kong on Jan 27, 2023.

Hong Kong to woo back visitors with 500,000 free flights after Covid-19 isolation

02/02/2023

This photo illustration taken in Hong Kong on February 2, 2023 shows the Australian $5 banknote.

AFP

Australia to replace monarch on banknote with design honouring Indigenous culture

SYDNEY — Australia will replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on its A$5 banknote with a new design to reflect and honour the history of its Indigenous culture, the country's central bank said on Thursday (Feb 2).

02/02/2023

Rescuers remove debris to search for survivors at a destroyed apartment building hit by a rocket during the night in downtown Kramatorsk on Feb 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia advances in eastern Ukraine, strike on apartments kills civilians

02/02/2023

The social media giant said sales dropped one per cent to US$116.6 billion (S$152.14 billion) in 2022.

Meta reports sales fall, but beats expectations

02/02/2023

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Feb 01, 2023 in Washington, DC.

US Fed delivers small rate increase; Powell suggests 'couple' more hikes coming

01/02/2023

A three-year-old girl (left) could not open her eyes (left) after a bottle of glue "exploded" in her face and she had to be sedated for treatment (right), her mother said.

#trending: Mum's account of how craft kit glue 'exploded' on child's face and bonded her eyes shut for hours draws sympathy, outrage

By Ruth Yeo

01/02/2023

Second Indonesia tiger attack in days, hunt ongoing

01/02/2023

Nato chief hails Japan plans to expand defence spending

01/02/2023

Umno’s reformists silenced in purge, says Khairy

01/02/2023

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an inauguration ceremony after the Adani Group completed the purchase of Haifa Port earlier in January 2023, in Haifa port, Israel January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Netanyahu would consider Ukraine-Russia mediator role if asked -CNN interview

01/02/2023

FILE PHOTO: A truck carrying a shipping container travels past cranes at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

South Korea Jan exports plunge, trade deficit at record

01/02/2023

Relatives and local residents carry the coffin of a student, who drowned after a boat capsized in Tanda Dam, during a funeral in Kohat district of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Jan 30, 2023.

49 boys drown in Pakistan boating accident

01/02/2023

FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Volleyball - Men's Gold Medal Match Italy v Brazil - Maracanazinho - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 21/08/2016. Wallace Leandro De Souza (BRA) of Brazil and Mauricio De Souza (BRA) of Brazil celebrate a point. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

Brazil volleyball star faces Olympic complaint after post threatening Lula

01/02/2023

Healthcare workers wait for patients to be tested at a walk-in Covid-19 testing site in Arlington, Virginia, in 2020.

US to lift Covid emergencies — what happens next?

01/02/2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivers his annual speech to lawmakers during a session of the Ukrainian Parliament, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 28, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: More changes coming to fight graft in government

31/01/2023

A car rides on an empty road near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Russia presses ahead with Donetsk campaign; Ukraine wants fighter jets

31/01/2023

Peru police disperse protesters who were approaching Lima airport

31/01/2023

FILE PHOTO: Memory chips by South Korean semiconductor supplier SK Hynix are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

SK Hynix warns chip downturn to worsen in H1, posts record quarterly loss

31/01/2023

FILE PHOTO: Men walk past an electric board displaying Nikkei and other countries' indexes outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Tokyo booms for shareholder-relations advisers as activists raise pressure

31/01/2023

FILE PHOTO: Javeline anti-tank missiles are displayed on the assembly line as U.S. President Joe Biden tours a Lockheed Martin weapons factory in Troy, Alabama, U.S. May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

US readies US$2 billion-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons -sources

31/01/2023

FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UN found no managerial misconduct at WHO in Congo sex scandal

31/01/2023

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A small boat, a vast sea and a desperate escape from Russia

Will the metaverse be entertaining? Ask South Korea

The heartache of being sidelined from your favorite sport

In drought-stricken Ethiopia, the herders' heartache

Nato urges Russia to comply with last US nuclear treaty

Suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US: What we know

Indonesia tells outsiders not to use Asean as 'proxy'

Sushi conveyor belt pranks spark outrage in Japan

China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb 6

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EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others

Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States, Pentagon says

What a perilous flight from North Korea tells us about digital connections

Singaporean tourist says Thai police told him and Taiwanese actress Charlene An 'to pay or go to jail'; 6 officers charged

China and US are wooing Indonesia, and Beijing has the edge

Hong Kong to woo back visitors with 500,000 free flights after Covid-19 isolation

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Australia to replace monarch on banknote with design honouring Indigenous culture

Russia advances in eastern Ukraine, strike on apartments kills civilians

Meta reports sales fall, but beats expectations

US Fed delivers small rate increase; Powell suggests 'couple' more hikes coming

#trending: Mum's account of how craft kit glue 'exploded' on child's face and bonded her eyes shut for hours draws sympathy, outrage

Second Indonesia tiger attack in days, hunt ongoing

Nato chief hails Japan plans to expand defence spending

Umno’s reformists silenced in purge, says Khairy

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Netanyahu would consider Ukraine-Russia mediator role if asked -CNN interview

South Korea Jan exports plunge, trade deficit at record

49 boys drown in Pakistan boating accident

Brazil volleyball star faces Olympic complaint after post threatening Lula

US to lift Covid emergencies — what happens next?

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: More changes coming to fight graft in government

Russia presses ahead with Donetsk campaign; Ukraine wants fighter jets

Peru police disperse protesters who were approaching Lima airport

SK Hynix warns chip downturn to worsen in H1, posts record quarterly loss

Tokyo booms for shareholder-relations advisers as activists raise pressure

US readies US$2 billion-plus Ukraine aid package with longer-range weapons -sources

UN found no managerial misconduct at WHO in Congo sex scandal

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