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Japan
Strong arms come with a soft touch
Muscles bulging, bodybuilder Takuya Usui settles a woman into her wheelchair at a care home, where jacked Gen Zers are helping to ease labour shortages in a struggling industry.
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Pakistan
Struggling to breathe in the city
TRUCK driver Muhammad Afzal was not expecting to be stopped by police, let alone fined, as he drove into Islamabad this week because of the thick diesel fumes emanating from his exhaust pipe.
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India
Increased pollution curbs as Delhi air quality worsens
THE government tightened anti-pollution measures in Delhi and adjoining areas after the capital's air quality deteriorated to the season's worst.
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Sri Lanka
Lawmakers will meet to fast-track cyclone aid
Parliament will interrupt its recess to fast-track financial aid needed for rebuilding after Cyclone Ditwah, which has killed nearly 650 people, according to officials.
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Vietnam
‘Sorrow of War’ sells despite controversy
When The Sorrow of War was honoured by Vietnam's government as one of the 50 greatest works of literature and art since reunification, some conservative figures reacted with fury – suggesting the novel's unvarnished depictions of the war diminished the victors' heroism.
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AseanPlus News
Oldest and largest pro-democracy party votes to dissolve
The island's biggest pro- democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism.
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Thailand
First civilian death in border strife
THE country's government said a rocket attack from Cambodia killed a 63-year-old villager, its first civilian death reported as a direct result of combat over the past week along the border of the two South-East Asian nations.
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AseanPlus News
‘A slap in the face’: some US farmers unhappy with Trump’s US$12 billion bailout
US soybean growers, who were hit hardest by tariff disputes, have voiced frustration that overdue funding falls well short of what they need
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AseanPlus News
Fill US Arctic affairs post to halt China and Russia’s rise, senior Democrat urges Rubio
In a letter, Raja Krishnamoorthi asks US Secretary of State to restore key US role in 'one of the world's most strategically vital regions'
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Thailand
Thailand confirms first civilian killed in week of Cambodia fighting
Thailand on Sunday announced its first civilian death in a week of fighting with Cambodia, as international efforts fail to stop violence that has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
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AseanPlus News
Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Sunday (Dec 14, 2025)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (Dec 14, 2025).
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Philippines
Eight killed and four injured in brake failure crash in central Philippines
Eight people were killed while four others were injured after a vehicle lost its brakes, rolled off the road, and plunged into a rocky vacant lot in Negros Oriental province in the central Philippines, police said on Sunday.
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Indonesia
Indonesia flood death toll tops 1,000 as Prabowo vows to rebuild
The death toll from flooding and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 1,006, as President Prabowo Subianto visited the region and called for a fast rebuild of damaged areas.
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Singapore
44 taken to hospital after two double-decker buses collide in Singapore's Jurong West; LTA probing incident
Forty-four people were taken to hospital after an accident involving two double-decker buses in Jurong West on the morning of Dec 14.
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Thailand
No peace in sight as Thailand now considers blocking fuel exports to Cambodia as border conflict escalates
There has been continuous shooting since Saturday, Thai defence spokesperson says as hundreds of thousands displaced on both sides of border.
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Cambodia
After fleeing fighting, Cambodian woman fears giving birth in border camp
At nine months pregnant, 27-year-old Suang Sreang fears she will have to give birth in a rudimentary displacement camp after fleeing fighting between Cambodian and Thai troops along their disputed border.
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World
Hamas confirms death of senior commander in Israeli strike on Gaza
GAZA: The Palestinian group Hamas has confirmed the death of senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, despite a ceasefire agreement, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
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China
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy partyvoted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city's once-diverse political landscape.
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World
Bystander who tackled armed man at Bondi Beach shooting hailed as hero
SYDNEY: A bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during an attack in which 12 people were shot dead at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday (Dec 14) has been hailed as a hero.
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Myanmar
Myanmar calls on countries to take back citizens held in crackdown on scam centres
Myanmar's military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who have been detained in a crackdown on scam centersin the country's eastern Kayin state near the Thai border.
