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The US had sought Ms Meng's arrest over alleged efforts to hide violations of US sanctions on Iran by Huawei affiliate Skycom.
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US drops charges against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim announcing his new Cabinet on Dec 2, 2022.
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See who's got top jobs in Malaysia’s new Cabinet

Ms Maricel Abawag and her son rest in their pushcart 'home' next to a residential condominium building in Quezon City.
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Street life: Manila's homeless find shelter in pushcarts

Kanye West had posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David.
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Elon Musk kicks Kanye West off Twitter after swastika post

Prison inmates carry a coffin during a mass burial of 70 unclaimed bodies of prisoners at New Bilibid Prison Cemetery in Muntinlupa, metro Manila on Dec 2, 2022.
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Philippines' largest prison holds mass burial for 70 inmates

Issei Sagawa, known as the “Kobe Cannibal”, being escorted by French police in Paris on June 17, 1981.
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Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa, who walked free, dies at age 73

Singapore and New York displaced the previous No. 1, Tel Aviv in the Worldwide Cost of Living index.
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Singapore, New York top ‘world’s costliest city’ survey

An elderly man in Switzerland dropped 20,000 Swiss francs outside a bank and a couple returned the cash to him in full.
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$28k that was dropped in street returned in Switzerland

Indonesian police have launched an investigation into at least three companies.
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Indonesia families sue over cough syrup deaths, injuries

    Prince William and his wife Kate are making their first visit to the United States in eight years.
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    'Where are you really from?' Royal race row roils UK

    Rosmah faces 12 money laundering charges and five counts of not declaring her income.
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    Trial of Najib’s wife for money laundering, tax evasion set for May

    PHOTO: SCREENSHOT FROM JIMU NEWS
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    Dad makes toddler pay man whose cars were scratched in play

    Indonesian police have launched an investigation into at least three companies.
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    Indonesia families sue over cough syrup deaths, injuries

    Prince William and his wife Kate are making their first visit to the United States in eight years.
    World

    'Where are you really from?' Royal race row roils UK

    Rosmah faces 12 money laundering charges and five counts of not declaring her income.
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    Trial of Najib’s wife for money laundering, tax evasion set for May

    PHOTO: SCREENSHOT FROM JIMU NEWS
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    Dad makes toddler pay man whose cars were scratched in play

    The man ended up with multiple bite wounds when he tried to rescue his son.
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    Father injured while trying to rescue son from crocodile

    New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern (right) hosted Finland PM Sanna Marin in Auckland on Nov 30, 2022.
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    NZ, Finland PMs Ardern and Marin shoot down sexist question

    The baguette has been a central part of the French diet for at least 100 years.
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    French baguette makes it onto World Cultural Heritage list

    Malaysia's King, Sultan Abdullah (left) with PM Anwar at the Conference of Rulers meeting on Wednesday.
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    PM Anwar still finalising list of Cabinet ministers

    Chow Pak-kwan was shot at point-blank range by a traffic officer outside a subway station in November 2019.
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    Young protester shot by HK police jailed for six years

    Over half a million commenters flooded a post by state broadcaster CCTV announcing the death on the Twitter-like platform Weibo within an hour.
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    Memes, nostalgia as Chinese mourn Jiang Zemin