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[ The Jakarta Post ] Myanmar junta blames ‘foreign intervention’ for ASEAN summit exclusion
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[ Washington Post ] Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
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Dutch frigate, HNLMS Evertsen’s voyage so far as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21); will arrive in Singapore on 10 October 2021
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[ Intelligencer ] U.S. Troops Have Reportedly Been in Taiwan for Over a Year
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[ Forbes ] It’s Official: After A 75-Year Gap, The Japanese Navy Has An Aircraft Carrier
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[ TIME ] China, Isolated From the World, Is Now the Last Major Country Still Pursuing a ‘Zero COVID’ Strategy
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[ AsiaOne / Straits Times ] Singapore inks deal for Merck antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 and its variants
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[ OANN ] Cambodia PM Seeks Barring Of Duel Citizenship For Holders Of Top Posts
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[ NBC ] Lawmakers in Japan elect Fumio Kishida as new prime minister
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[ Nikkei ] U.S. set to resume trade talks with China
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Tough Road Ahead for Taliban
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[ Fibre2Fashion ] Chinese textile prices may go up 30-40% due to power cuts
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Ho Ching to handover Temasek Holdings’ top seat for a “second time” on Oct 1 after 17 years of service
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[ The Conversation ] Who is Fumio Kishida, Japan’s new prime minister?
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Indonesia give green light to the Singapore-Australia undersea powerline
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PLA Navy to build anime-inspired aircraft?
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[ ABC Rural ] Coking coal price hits record highs as Chinese steel-makers face pain
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