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A 57-year-old Thai woman had to have her leg amputated after she got caught up in a moving walkway.

When asked their age, most will answer with their "Korean age", which could be one or even two years older than their international age.

Visitors to a beach resort city in southwest Japan got a shock when they woke to discover the usually crystal-clear sea had turned an ominous shade of red – after a local brewery sprung a leak.

Over 12 years since Japan's deadliest earthquake, that killed 22,000 and triggering a catastrophic nuclear disaster, the 1.3 million tonnes of stored radioactive wastewater has been deemed safe to release.

It might seem like everyone you know right now is galivanting around Europe, sipping on Aperol Spritz' while devouring delectable pastries. According to one study though, Europe isn't the only place Aussies are keen on travelling to this year.

That hack compromised tens of thousands of computers globally.

The world's largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it's about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters.

A Chinese couple in Cambodia have been charged with the murder of a South Korean influencer, who allegedly died while receiving treatment in their clinic.

The shooting took place during a live-fire training exercise and several other people were wounded.

The man, named as a renowned urban climber, was forced to abandon his free climb of the 123-floor skyscraper.

The Philippines' most active volcano has begun spewing lava, putting thousands of people on alert for a violent explosion

Inflation of 2.2 per cent. Interest rates at 1.5 per cent. It's a scenario that seems too good to be true for Aussies struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Gura Pallay was watching another train pass by the one he was sitting in when he heard sudden, loud screeching.

Authorities worked on Sunday to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged greater cooperation with Vietnam to help fill skills shortages as the two countries pledge to take their relationship to the next level.

The Qatari prime minister met the head of the hardline Taliban movement in Afghanistan, reports say.

Malaysia's maritime agency said Tuesday a Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in the South China Sea after discovering 100 more old artillery shells on the detained vessel.

South Korea's military says North Korea has launched a purported space-launch vehicle after announcing a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit.

Wuhan, the largest city in central China, has publicly demanded that hundreds of local companies repay their debts.

Japan's coast guard said North Korea has notified it that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.

An Indian government official has been suspended after he ordered the drainage of a two-million-litre dam so he could get his phone back, which he dropped while taking a selfie.

The conviction is the latest in what rights groups say is the government's attempt to silence voices critical of the ruling Vietnamese Communist Party.

A local volunteer rescue group for the city of Almaty said it had found the body of 27-year-old Jake Michael Herd.

Albanese has met with Biden on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan as the two leaders signed a new climate and clean energy agreement, as the US President apologised to the Aussie PM for cancelling his Sydney visit.

The sanctions come as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Japan for the G7 summit in Hiroshima.

More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the last three decades.

China has opened its doors to Australian timber imports for the first time in more than two years.

Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said the Australian authority had already sent four planes and three ships to the search area.

The 42-year-old Harvard alumni, said his policy priorities over the next four years will be to "demilitarise, demonopolise and decentralise" Thailand.

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

Australia's trade minister is returning home from China with an optimistic view, even as major import restrictions remain in place.

A Chinese naval flotilla led by a powerful destroyer has been on a 12-day circumnavigation of Japan's main islands in a display of military power.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan can be held for eight days, a court has ruled.

An ally denounced the arrest as "an abduction". TV broadcast images of the 72-year-old being pulled by security forces towards an armoured vehicle, which took him away.

The Indonesian government is pondering a potential "tourist tax" on visitors to Bali as the number of arrivals continues to swell.

Eleven people died and four more were hospitalised after a gas leak Sunday in northern India's Punjab state, local media reported.

A woman in Thailand has been arrested on suspicion of killing 12 people she knew with cyanide.

Blackmores looks set to be bought by brewing company Kirin, after the Japanese firm launched a $1.88 billion takeover bid.

Singapore has executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

The Japanese airline that mistakenly sold flight tickets for a fraction of their normal cost due to a technical glitch has announced it will not honour the sales.

Beijing is being urged to explain the reasons behind what has been labelled the largest ever peacetime build-up of armed forces.

Beijing has issued a call to avoid "hyping up the 'China threat' narrative" after Australia's landmark defence review called out the superpower's historic military buildup.

Images from war-torn Ukraine and the battered city of Mariupol have been recognised as some of the best pictures taken in the past year at the 2023 World Press Photo awards.

Economists have cautioned that even as India's economy is among the fastest-growing as its population rises, joblessness has also swelled.

Noel Hanna, from Northern Ireland, died while descending the treacherous Mount Annapurna, officials said.

The foreign minister said Australia's role was aimed at 'lowering the heat' between competing powers in the Indo Pacific region.

Separatist gunmen attacked Indonesian army troops who were deployed to rescue a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua province, leaving at least six dead and about 30 missing, officials say.

Police in Malaysia say they are investigating the death of a woman, believed to be a foreigner, whose decomposing body was discovered in a travel bag at an abandoned bus station.

For the 27-nation trading bloc, the reasons to head to China are clear.

Energy and environment ministers vowed to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants.