Bangladesh 122-2, need 63 more for historic Pakistan series win
Bangladesh were closing on a first series win against Pakistan on Tuesday, reaching 122-2 at lunch on the fifth day of the second Test in Rawalpindi, needing 63 more for victory.
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Asian markets drift lower ahead of key US figures, eyes on China
Asian markets retreated Tuesday as investors steel themselves for a high-stakes US jobs report at the end of the week while keeping tabs on China after fresh data stoked renewed worries over the world's number two economy.
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New Zealand spy report calls out China for interference
New Zealand's spy service branded China a "complex intelligence concern" Tuesday and warned the Pacific nation was vulnerable to foreign interference.
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S. Korean actor Yoo Ah-in jailed for one year for drugs
High-profile South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in was found guilty Monday of illegal use of the anaesthetic drug propofol and handed a one-year jail term, the Yonhap news agency reported.
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Thailand nets 1.3 million kilograms of invasive fish
Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said Tuesday, as it battles to stamp out the invasive species.
Read morePutin meets Mongolian president under cloud of war crimes accusations
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Mongolian counterpart in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday, his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.
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US climate envoy John Podesta to visit China this week
US climate envoy John Podesta will visit China this week for talks with counterpart Liu Zhenmin, state media said Tuesday, ahead of the COP29 summit in Baku in November.
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China to launch anti-dumping probes into Canadian canola, chemicals
China said Tuesday it would launch an anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola and chemical products, in apparent retaliation for Ottawa's new restrictions on imports of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).
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Pope arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to start Asia-Pacific tour
Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old's papacy.
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Sinner and Medvedev set up US Open quarter-final clash
World number one Jannik Sinner and former champion Daniil Medvedev set up a US Open quarter-final showdown on Monday as both men look to exploit the hole left by the shock exits of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
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