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Asian markets rallied sharply on Monday, driven by a decisive election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that raised expectations of aggressive reflationary policies, alongside relief over a last-minute rebound in
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Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in prison on national security charges, bringing to a close the city’s most high-profile
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A local government body in northern Sri Lanka has unanimously approved a proposal to fully renovate the former home of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the late leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,
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