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Dr Mahathir Mohamad is said to be warded in the coronary care unit.
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Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir readmitted to hospital

A rare Hermes Birkin bag is pictured ahead of an auction at Christie's in London, in November 2021.
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Real lawsuit over virtual Birkin bags sold as NFTs

A British police officer was caught using hidden spy cameras to film naked women.
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Senior UK cop jailed for spying on naked women

October's inferno in Kaohsiung raged through multiple floors of a dilapidated 13-storey apartment block for hours.
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Taiwan woman faces execution over Kaohsiung fire

Yue's itinerary exposed a harsh life of working dozens of odd jobs, hauling construction materials to help finance searches for a missing son.
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Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dead

German schoolboy Joshua Martinangeli's robot avatar attending class in Berlin.
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Kid who's ill can't go to school but avatar robot can

Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford holding certificates after landing back at the end of her solo round-the-world trip in her Belgian home town of Kortrijk on Jan 20, 2022.
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Singapore storm 'pretty scary' for record-breaking pilot

Hong Kong police will deal with pet lovers who try to stop people giving up their hamsters to be put down.
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HK warns people to stop trying to prevent Covid-19 hamster cull

The happy reunion that was arranged by the Chinese authorities for Liu Xuezhou (left) and his father, Ding Shuangquan (right).
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No happy-ever-after for abandoned teen in China

    The junta has previously said it respected the role of the media but would not allow reporting it deemed false or likely to cause public unrest.
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    Myanmar military arrests more journalists in media crackdown

    Woman in quarantine watches helplessly on CCTV as her dog tears up her home
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    Quarantined woman watches dog tear up home

    One of the images released by Tongan authorities, showing the devastation caused by the tsunami.
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    Tongan tsunami hero hailed as Aquaman

    A crime scene investigator works the scene where the bodies of three teenagers were found dead inside of a home Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.
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    3 teens found dead in home outside of Houston

    In Beijing, Mr Yue earns around 200 to 300 yuan (S$42 to S$64) per shift and sleeps four to five hours a day.
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    Migrant worker's search for son sparks widespread sympathy

    BMX champ sells coffee in Malaysia to fulfil his dreams
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    BMX champ sells coffee in Malaysia to fulfil his dreams

    Baby born outside Batu Caves at Thaipusam
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    Baby born outside Batu Caves at Thaipusam

    Experts say a lack of vaccinations could be behind the rise in child infections.
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    Japan sees jump in Covid-19 cases among children under 10

    A two-year-old hamster named Ring looks on from a cage in Hong Kong.
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    Heartbreak as HK pet owners give up hamsters for Covid cull

    The maximum number of attendees for reunion dinners was not stated.
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    Rules eased in M'sia, reunion dinners, house visits allowed

    New daily highs were recorded in 28 out of the country's 47 prefectures.
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    Curbs extended in Japan as Covid-19 surges

    Lobster meatballs are displayed for sale at a market in Hong Kong’s Wanchai area on January 17, 2022.
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    HK watchdog: No crustacean in lobster meatballs

    Lawrence Rudolph in a photo shared on Facebook in 2011. He collected nearly US$4.9 million in life insurance benefits in the months after his wife's death.
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    'US dentist killed wife, got insurance, lived with mistress'