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Dipping into huge government stockpiles may help the global effort to contain a dangerous strain of mpox spreading in east Africa

A set of blood-stained trousers found in a tank of miso in 1967 sealed a young Iwao Hakamada's destiny as the world's longest serving death row inmate.

A former defence minister who has backed the formation of an “Asian Nato” is set to become the next prime minister of Japan after he was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday.

Shigeru Ishiba takes a tough line on foreign policy and is an advocate of a strong Japanese military at a time of volatility in east Asia

A leading British zoologist has said he faced death threats and his family appeared in an on online ‘‘kill list'' during a sustained wave of harassment over his work with Chinese scientists on virus research

A Korean grandmother is defying beauty stereotypes in her quest to represent the East Asian country at this November's Miss Universe pageant in Mexico.

Sami Saydjari, of Hartland, Vt., and professor at Dartmouth is part of a vigil on the Ledyard Bridge in Hanover, N.H., on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Valley News-Jennifer Hauck) Jennifer Hauck

The sudden order to remove the symbol of the cross from the roof and entrance of a village church in China's Anhui province cited unspecified “safety” hazards.

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Close to 50 percent of Australians believe immigration is too high and making them poorer, suggesting similar societal anxieties about the cost-of-living that fed into Donald Trump's US election victory.